LATE FILING AND GOOD CAUSE REQUESTS If your Petition, required additional documents and/or fees are received after the applicable deadline, or if any of your eligibility-related submissions are deficient and not corrected by the deadline, you must demonstrate good cause why SBLE should permit you to sit for the Bar Exam. In order to show good cause, you must file a good cause request, in letter form, addressed to: State Board of Law Examiners.” (See Bar Admission Rule 13(i) “Secretary, A good cause request must address the four mandated factors listed in Board and Board Rule 2). Rule 2, be signed with an original signature, and be supported with documentation, if applicable. The Secretary will issue a written decision on your good cause request. Denials may be appealed to the Maryland Court of Appeals within five (5) days of the date of the denial letter.
LATE FILING AND GOOD CAUSE REQUESTS If your Petition, required additional documents and/or fees are received after the applicable deadline, or if any of your eligibility-related submissions are deficient and not corrected by the deadline, you must demonstrate good cause why SBLE should permit you to sit for the Bar Exam. In order to show good cause, you must file a good cause request, in letter form, addressed to: “Secretary, State Board of Law Examiners.” (See Bar Admission Rule 13(i) and Board Rule 2). A good cause request must address the four mandated factors listed in Board Rule 2, be signed with an original signature, and be supported with documentation, if applicable. The Secretary will issue a written decision on your good cause request. Denials may be appealed to the Maryland Court of Appeals within five (5) days of the date of the denial letter.