State Bar Association Directory Within In Utah
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Utah Reciprocity Utah has reciprocity agreements with: AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, and WY.
Residents of the following states and territories are eligible to apply for WUE: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, as well as American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
The directory maintained by the state bar or its disciplinary board is sometimes called the "Roster of Attorneys" or the "Roll of Attorneys." Six (6) states do not publish a searchable database online. In those jurisdictions, you must call or email the state bar to confirm a lawyer's bar license status or bar number.
Utah General CLE Rules Credit hours required: 12 hours per reporting period. Specialty credits required: 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of professionalism credit. Length of reporting period: 1 year. Compliance date: June 30. Reporting date: July 31. Compliance group: All attorneys report annually.
Utah Reciprocity Utah has reciprocity agreements with: AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, and WY.
To the extent other laws or rules require an attorney to retain all or part of a client file, the attorney must comply with such requirements. (fn11) For example, Rule 1.15(a) requires the attorney to retain certain records related to the property of others for five years.
Pass bar exams in multiple states There is always the option of taking another bar exam. This tends to be a less popular option for multi-state lawyers—reciprocity and the UBE are typically much more popular options.
To sit for the Utah Bar Exam, you must have a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an American Bar Association (ABA)-accredited law school. You must also be a US citizen, a permanent resident, or otherwise authorized to work in the US. Additionally, all applicants must pass a character and fitness evaluation.
Service on an unrepresented victim must be facilitated through the prosecutor. The prosecutor must make reasonable efforts to provide a copy of the request for the subpoena to the victim or victim's representative within 14 days of receiving it.
Rule 14-802 of the Rules Governing the Utah State Bar creates an exception to the authorization to practice law for an LPP. The exception permits an LPP to assist a client only in the practice areas for which the LPP is licensed.
