Sec. 82.027. APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION. (a) Each applicant to take a bar examination must file an application with the Board of Law Examiners not later than the 180th day before the first day of the examination for which the person is applying.
(b) The application consists of a verified affidavit stating that since the filing of the applicant's original declaration of intention to study law, the applicant:
(1) has not been formally charged with any violation of law, excluding:
(A) cases that have been dismissed for reasons other than technical defects in the charging instrument;
(B) cases in which the applicant has been found not guilty;
(C) minor traffic violations;
(D) cases in which the record of arrest or conviction was expunged by court order;
(E) pardoned offenses; and
(F) Class C misdemeanors;
(2) is not mentally ill;
(3) has not been charged with fraud in any legal proceeding; and
(4) has not been involved in civil litigation or bankruptcy proceedings that reasonably bear on the applicant's fitness to practice law.
(c) On a showing of good cause or to prevent hardship, the board may permit an applicant to file an application with the board not later than the 60th day after the deadline prescribed by Subsection (a) on payment of applicable late fees.
(d) The filing deadlines and late fees do not apply to an applicant who failed the preceding bar examination. Any such applicant may take the next examination administered on filing an application with the board and paying the required examination fees not later than the date established by supreme court rule.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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