Rule 3.4 - Review; Reexamination(a)Review of failed examination by applicant. If an applicant fails to pass an examination conducted by the Board, the applicant may, within twenty (20) days after the results of the examination are mailed to the applicant by the Board, review at the Board's offices the applicant's examination papers, which shall include questions posed by the Board, the applicant's answers to the questions and the grades given to the applicant by the Board as regards the MPT and the MEE. The MBE questions and answers may not be reviewed, nor may an applicant review his or her original MBE answer sheet. The applicant request to have the MBE graded by hand upon payment of a fee established by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. (b)Appeal by failing applicants. The grades assigned to the West Virginia Bar Examination shall be final and no appeal shall be considered.(c)Reexamination. If an applicant fails to pass his or her first examination he or she will be permitted to take subsequent examinations. An applicant who has failed to earn the minimum score required to pass in this State after a fourth examination taken in this or any other jurisdiction shall not again be admitted to an examination or be admitted by transferred UBE score except upon permission of the Board of Law Examiners for good cause shown. The Board so granting the permission may, as a condition to the granting of another examination, prescribe a further course of study.W.V. R. Admis. Prac. Law. 3.4
As amended by order entered June 26, 1990, effective 8/1/1990; by order entered June 24, 1992, effective 7/1/1992; and by order entered March 24, 1993, effective 7/1/1993; by order entered November 20, 2012, effective 1/1/2013; amended by order effective 10/5/2016.