Request For Preparation Of A Character Report

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS (NCBE) Request for Preparation of a Character Report Fee Schedule FEE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION II: FIRST BAR ADMISSION $200 III: ATTORNEY/BAR ADMISSION* IV: FOREIGN ­ Education OR FOREIGN ­ Practicing Attorney $250 $500 V: SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT (see fees below) Request that a character report previously prepared by NCBE be supplemented. NCBE will investigate the period from the completion of the original NCBE report to the present, including attempting to contact references. You are required to submit a complete application. A supplemental report can only be prepared if the original jurisdiction releases the original report and the conditions in the right-hand column are satisfied. V(a): SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT * $125 V(b): SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT * V(c): SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT $75 $200 Anticipated or recent law school graduate; AND JD was awarded less than one year before this application is received at NCBE; AND The applicant has not been admitted to the practice of law in any jurisdiction at the time this application is filed. Presently a member of a bar; OR Not a member of a bar, but the application is received at NCBE more than one year after the JD was awarded. Applicant's first law degree was not obtained in the U.S., whether or not a subsequent U.S. law degree was conferred; OR Member of a bar of a foreign country seeking to be licensed or to perform limited legal services. CONDITIONS The jurisdiction to which application is being made is willing to accept a copy of the original NCBE character report together with a supplemental report with the understanding that no additional work will be undertaken to verify the original report; AND The original NCBE report was completed less than four years before the date this request for supplemental report is received at NCBE. Made previous application to a jurisdiction for which NCBE prepared the original report. This report is for the same jurisdiction for which NCBE prepared the original Law Student Registrant report. The original NCBE report was processed as a Category IV Foreign report. *Applicants with foreign credentials (education or bar admission) are processed under Category IV or Category V(c) - see Fee Categories and Descriptions above. Check with the jurisdiction to which you are applying to determine if you should remit the fee directly to NCBE. METHOD OF PAYMENT--STANDARD-07-DC x Enclose payment (cashier's check, certified check, or money order payable to NCBE). Returned checks are subject to a $25 fee. Note that if you withdraw your application prior to the generation of correspondence, a processing fee will be retained. Once correspondence is generated, the entire fee is nonrefundable. In addition to the processing fee, NCBE reserves the right to pass along the cost of obtaining records in conjunction with this application. STANDARD-07-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Revised 02/04/2008 i American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com DIRECTIONS Answer all questions. If you answer affirmatively to certain questions you will be instructed to complete specific forms with more detailed information. These include Forms 1 - 10 which may be found at the end of the application. You may be required to make copies of some of the blank Forms 1 - 10; therefore, do not mark on a form until you have made the requisite number of copies. If you cannot make copies of the forms, you may obtain them by calling or writing the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) or you may obtain them online at www.ncbex.org by clicking on the Character and Fitness link. Your application will be processed only after you provide all the necessary information. To avoid delays, be sure to: Answer every question; do not leave anything blank. Complete all forms required. Sign all forms requiring your signature and have them notarized. Provide the correct number, street name, city, state, and zip code for each address. Include three original properly executed Authorization and Release Forms. Make your responses as concise as possible, using only standard abbreviations to make your information fit into the spaces provided. Some fields are deliberately restricted; if you need additional space to answer a question, attach a separate sheet of paper with the question number clearly identified. Use the two-letter codes to indicate state/territory names. For your convenience these codes are listed at the bottom of this page. Indicate dates in the following format: month/day/year. For example, October 5, 2001, should be written 10/05/2001. Consult with applicable courts, agencies, or other entities to obtain accurate and complete information if you are unsure of dates, locations, or other required information. This is your responsibility. Advise former employers and references that our agency may be contacting them. If you have any questions regarding these directions, you may contact NCBE at: National Conference of Bar Examiners 302 South Bedford Street Madison, WI 53703-3622 Phone: (608)280-8550 Fax: (608)280-8552 TDD: (608)661-1275 Website: www.ncbex.org Email: contact@ncbex.org The two letter codes to indicate state/territory names are as follows: AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA GU HI ID Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND MP OH OK OR PW PA Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Palau Pennsylvania PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA VI WA WV WI WY Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ii American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com APPLICATION TO THE BAR OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Name First LSAC Number: Middle Last Social Security Number* You are being asked to supply your LSAC number (a number assigned to you by the Law School Admission Council and implemented fairly recently by LSAC ), if you have one, on a voluntary basis. If you have received such a number from LSAC, you may access it through the following link:http://lsaclookup.lsac.org/. NCBE is studying the feasibility of using LSAC numbers as identifiers in lieu of Social Security Numbers for privacy reasons. In s