FLORIDA BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS. PETITION OF THE FLORIDA BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS FOR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA RELATING TO ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR
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The Florida Supreme Court amended the Rules and Regulations of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners to establish three annual bar examinations with specific application deadlines (August 1, November 1, and March 1) and to prohibit late applications except in dire and unusual circumstances.
The Florida Board of Bar Examiners' rules are amended to require three triannual bar examinations per year with firm application deadlines and no late applications except in dire and unusual circumstances.
[1] Bar examination applications must be postmarked or received by specified deadlines (August 1 for first triannual, November 1 for second triannual, March 1 for third trian…
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The Rules and Regulations of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, 32 F.S.A., 1970 Revision, as amended, are hereby further amended in the following respects, viz:
Rule 1, Section 4 is amended to read as follows:
“Section 4. The Florida Bar Examination shall be administered three times each year. The first administration shall be known as the First Triannual Examination; the second administration shall be known as the Second Triannual Examination and the third administration shall be known as the Third Triannual Examination. The applications of applicants applying for the First Triannual Examination must be postmarked or received not later than August 1. The applications of applicants applying for the Second Triannual Examination must be postmarked or received not later than November 1. The applications of applicants applying for the Third Triannual Examination must be postmarked or received not later than March 1.
“Applications for the First Triannual Examination postmarked or received after August 1 will not be processed for the First Triannual Examination. Applications for the Second Triannual Ex-*839animation postmarked or received after November 1 will not be processed for the Second Triannual Examination, and applications postmarked or received after March 1 will not be processed for the Third Triannual Examination. Requests for waiver of these filing deadlines will not be considered by the Board except under dire and unusual circumstances.”
This amendment shall become effective immediately upon the filing of this order.
It is so ordered.
CARLTON, C. J., and ROBERTS, ERVIN, ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur.