Vt. R. Bar Adm. 14
An Attorney-Applicant may seek admission to the Bar without examination by submitting an Application on forms required by the Board and paying the required fee. An Application may be filed at any time. An Attorney-Applicant is not eligible to seek admission under this rule if he or she has failed the Vermont Bar Examination within the preceding 5 years or failed to earn a score of 270 or higher on the Uniform Bar Examination taken in Vermont or another UBE jurisdiction within the preceding 5 years.
Vt. R. Bar Adm. 14
Board's Notes
Rule 14 is derived from the prior rules § 7(a), (e)(4).
Rule 14 introduces the process for applying for admission without examination. For purposes of these rules, admission without examination does not include admission by transferred UBE score. Admission without examination is available to certain attorneys who are admitted and have practiced the requisite period of time in another U.S. jurisdiction. Applicants seeking admission under this rule are called "Attorney-Applicants." Consistent with the prior rules § 7(e)(4), admission without examination is not available to Applicants who have failed the Vermont bar examination in the past five years. The new rule extends the same prohibition to Applicants who have taken the UBE and failed to achieve Vermont's required score within the past five years.