Rule 31.5 - Bar examination application; contents and deadlines(1) The board of law examiners and the director will designate such forms as may be necessary for application for examination. The application must require the applicant to demonstrate the applicant is a person of honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness, and one who appreciates and will adhere to the Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct as adopted by the supreme court, together with such other information as the board and the director determine to be necessary and proper.(2) Every applicant for admission to the bar must make application, under oath, and upon a form designated by the director. The applicant must file the application with the director no later than April 1 preceding the July examination or November 1 preceding the February examination. An applicant who fails the Iowa bar examination and wants to take the next examination must file a new application within the above deadlines or within 30 days of the date the applicant's score is posted in the office of professional regulation, whichever is later. There will be no waiver of these deadlines. If any changes occur after the application is filed that affect the applicant's answers, the applicant must amend the application. A new and complete application must be filed for each examination for admission.(3) The board may designate portions of the data submitted for this purpose by the applicant or third parties as a confidential record. The board and the director must segregate that portion of the application data deemed confidential from the portion that is filed as a public record. In the event of a request for a hearing on character or fitness under rule 31.9(2) following an initial determination by the board, it may designate any additional information received at the hearing and all proceedings before the board as a confidential record.Court Order October 14, 1968; July 2, 1975; November 21, 1977; March 20, 1987, effective 6/1/1987; 2/16/1990, effective 3/15/1990; 3/26/1993, effective 7/1/1993; 6/5/1996, effective 7/1/1996; (Prior to 7/1/1996, Court Rule 103 );11/9/2001, effective 2/15/2002; 4/20/2005, effective 7/1/2005; 6/20/2007, effective 7/1/2007; 6/5/2008, effective 7/1/2008; 9/17/2008; 12/10/2012; 12/13/2017, effective 1/1/2018; October 24, 2019, effective 1/1/2020; Order December 18, 2020, effective 1/1/2021; court order September 14, 2021, effective 10/1/2021.