Rule IX
Application to Take the Texas Bar Examination
(a) Every Applicant to take the Texas Bar Examination, whether or not such
Applicant was required under Rule VI to file a Declaration, shall, unless
prohibited from filing by these Rules, file an Application therefore with the
Board as follows:
(1) For the February Examination,
an Application shall be timely filed if the Board receives the required forms
and fees between June 30 and August 30 of the year preceding the examination.
(2) For the July Examination, an
Application shall be timely filed if the Board receives the required forms and
fees between the preceding November 30 and January 30.
(3) Upon a showing of good cause or
to prevent hardship, the Board may permit the Application to be filed later,
upon the payment of applicable late fees as set forth in Rule XVIII. Other than
as provided in subsection (f) of this Rule or Texas Government Code, Section
82.027, no Applicant shall be eligible to take an examination until such
Application has been on file with the Board by the preceding October 30, for the
February Examination, or by March 30, for the July Examination.
(b) The Application shall be made on a form furnished by the Board and
calling for information reasonably related to a thorough inquiry into the
Applicant’s good moral character, fitness, legal education and other
qualifications required in these Rules. Applicants who have filed a Declaration
required under these Rules shall be required to complete the Application with
information relating only to the period since the filing of the Declaration.
(c) The Board may require the filing of a Supplemental Investigation Form in
situations deemed appropriate by the Board.
(d) The Applicant shall furnish proof satisfactory to the Board of compliance
with the law study requirements of Rule III, and no Applicant shall be admitted
to the examination until the Board has determined that these requirements have
been met.
(e) Upon the filing of an Application, the Board shall note the filing date
and shall initiate an investigation of the Applicant. For Applicants who filed a
Declaration required under these Rules, the investigation shall cover only the
period of time subsequent to the filing of the Declaration, unless other matters
relevant to moral character or fitness not previously revealed in such
Declaration shall have come to the attention of the Board.
(f) The filing deadlines and applicability of the late fees set out in
subsection (a) of this rule shall not apply to Re-Applicants who failed the
immediately preceding Texas Bar Examination and therefore could not have met the
subsection (a) deadlines. Any such Re-Applicant may take the next examination
given upon filing a Re-application and paying the required fees by:
November 30, for the February Examination; or
May 30, for the July Examination.
Rulebook
since August 29, 2003
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