IL Bar flashcards

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IBAB

The Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, the body that administers bar applications, character and fitness review, and examinations, and certifies applicants to the Illinois Supreme Court.

Nonstandard testing request

A written request to IBAB for accommodations on the bar examination, supported by current documentation of the disability, its functional limitations, and the specific accommodation sought.

Accommodation filing deadline

The date by which an accommodation request and supporting documentation must reach IBAB; it precedes the general application deadline, and late requests may be denied.

Late filing fee

An additional charge imposed when an application arrives after the regular deadline but before the final cutoff; filing after the final cutoff bars sitting for that administration.

Refund cutoff

The fixed date after which withdrawal from an administration forfeits the examination fee; withdrawal before that date yields only a partial refund.

Duty to disclose

An applicant's affirmative obligation to report arrests, charges, discipline, defaulted debts, and academic misconduct, and to amend the application when circumstances change after filing.

Character and fitness burden

The standard requiring an applicant to prove present good character and fitness by clear and convincing evidence, covering honesty, trustworthiness, diligence, and respect for law.

Rule 704A pathway

A route allowing a graduate of a foreign law school to be admitted in Illinois on a qualifying transferred UBE score rather than by sitting the Illinois bar examination.

Foreign law school equivalence

The showing that a foreign legal education is the functional equivalent of a J.D. from an ABA-approved school, typically established through a credential evaluation and possibly additional coursework.

Direct score transfer

The requirement that a UBE score be sent by the administering jurisdiction or the national score transfer service directly to IBAB, not reported by the applicant.

UBE score shelf life

The limited period during which a jurisdiction will accept a transferred UBE score; a score older than that window cannot support admission.

MPRE requirement

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, a separate ethics test that must be passed in addition to the bar examination or transferred UBE score.

Rule 705 motion

An application by an attorney already admitted in another U.S. jurisdiction to be admitted in Illinois without examination, based on prior admission and active practice.

Five of seven years

The active practice period typically required for admission on motion: five of the seven years immediately preceding the application, in qualifying legal employment.

Qualifying practice types

Work counted toward the motion practice requirement, including private practice, government practice, judicial service, corporate counsel work, and law teaching.

Substantially equivalent standards

The showing that the jurisdiction where the applicant was admitted imposes admission requirements comparable to Illinois's, supporting eligibility for admission on motion.

Discipline disclosure on motion

The obligation to report suspensions, grievances, or resignation while under investigation in another jurisdiction, any of which may bar or delay admission on motion.

Discretionary motion admission

The principle that meeting technical eligibility does not compel admission; the Illinois Supreme Court may deny a motion notwithstanding the applicant's qualifications.

Rule 715 consultant

A limited license allowing a lawyer qualified in a foreign jurisdiction to advise clients on that jurisdiction's law without full Illinois bar admission.

Consultant practice limits

Restrictions barring a foreign legal consultant from appearing in Illinois courts, preparing instruments affecting real property title, and advising generally on Illinois or U.S. law.

Rule 716 limited license

A limited admission for attorneys employed by a single legal services organization or government agency, authorizing practice only within that employment and supervision.

Rule 717 limited license

A limited admission for law school faculty and institutional attorneys, permitting practice confined to the employing institution and its affiliates.

Scope-limited license

A license whose holder may not hold out as a general Illinois attorney, may not accept outside clients, and must report changes in employment or supervising entity.

Termination of limited license

The rule that a limited license ends or converts when the qualifying employment or foreign status ends, requiring a new filing for renewal or conversion.

Registration application

An initial Illinois filing that opens the applicant's record with IBAB, separate from the bar examination application and the character and fitness application.

February and July administrations

The two annual sittings of the Illinois bar examination, each with an application window that opens and closes on published fixed dates.

Fingerprint requirement

A character and fitness submission requirement authorizing a criminal background check as part of the investigation of the applicant's record.

Law school certification

A submission by the applicant's law school confirming graduation and the applicant's character, required as part of the Illinois application file.

Reapplication after failure

The process of applying for a later administration after an unsuccessful attempt, subject to the reapplication deadline, fee, and any limit on attempts.

Deferred judgment disclosure

The principle that a deferred judgment, expunged record, or sealed record may still require disclosure on the Illinois bar application even if private employers need not be told.

Mitigation evidence

Factors reducing fitness concerns, including the age of the conduct, rehabilitation, completed probation or treatment, community involvement, and sustained lawful conduct.

Fitness hearing referral

The step in which the Board refers an applicant for a formal hearing, after which it transmits findings and a recommendation to the Illinois Supreme Court.