Supreme Court of Florida

In Re: Amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar - Rules 3-23.1 and 4-23.1

August 29, 2019

Summary

The court adopted proposed amendments to two Florida Bar Admission Rules. Rule 3-23.1 was revised to require service rather than filing of answers to specifications and to extend the response deadline from twenty to twenty-five days, while Rule 4-23.1 was revised to permit transfer of MBE scores from jurisdictions not using the NCBE reporting service and to establish transfer deadlines.