Pennsylvania Code › Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part IV - ADMISSION TO PRACTICE LAW › Chapter 71 - PENNSYLVANIA BAR ADMISSION RULES › Subchapter D - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Rule 402 - Confidentiality

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General
				  Rule.
Except as otherwise prescribed in these rules, the actions and
				  records of the Board are confidential and shall not be disclosed or open to
				  inspection by the public.
(b)
Permitted Disclosure.
The Board may, however:
(1) publish a list of the names of applicants
				  who successfully completed the bar examination administered by the
				  Board;
(2) publish data and
				  statistics regarding bar examination results;
(3) upon request from the dean of a law
				  school, furnish the law school with the names of applicants from the law school
				  who did not successfully complete the bar examination, provided the law school
				  has agreed to only use such information internally within the law school and
				  not to disclose the names of students who failed the bar examination to any
				  person or organization outside of the law school;
(4) upon written request from a state or
				  county bar association located within this commonwealth, furnish such bar
				  association with the names and addresses of those applicants who have
				  successfully completed the bar examination administered by the Board and who
				  have not objected to the release of such information, provided the bar
				  association has agreed to only use such information for purposes of offering
				  applicants membership in and services provided by or through the bar
				  association;
(5) release
				  information with respect to an applicant upon a written request from a bar
				  admission authority in another jurisdiction, provided the admission authority
				  agrees to use the information only for bar admission purposes and has a rule or
				  policy that guarantees the confidentiality of bar admission materials and
				  records to the same extent required by this rule;
(6) release information with respect to an
				  applicant upon a written request from a lawyer disciplinary board or authority
				  or a judicial disciplinary board or authority, provided the disciplinary
				  authority agrees to use the information only for attorney or judicial
				  disciplinary matters and has a rule or policy that guarantees the
				  confidentiality of its disciplinary materials and records to the same extent
				  required by this rule;
(7) when the
				  Board learns of information that may be relevant to a disciplinary board or
				  authority, the Board may share that information with the appropriate
				  disciplinary board or authority, provided the disciplinary board or authority
				  agrees to use the information only for attorney or judicial disciplinary
				  matters and has a rule or policy that requires the confidentiality of its
				  disciplinary materials and records to the extent required by this
				  rule;
(8) release information with
				  respect to an applicant when necessary in defending litigation brought against
				  the Court, the Board, its members or staff arising out of or related to the bar
				  admission process;
(9) release a
				  copy of the bar admission application submitted by an applicant upon receipt of
				  a properly executed written authorization and release from the
				  applicant;
(10) release information
				  with respect to an applicant pursuant to a court order;
(11) release to the National Conference of
				  Bar Examiners required identifying information of individuals who have applied
				  to take the bar examination or be admitted to the bar of this Commonwealth;
				  and
(12) publish the contents of
				  responses submitted to a question on the bar examination by an applicant as a
				  representative sample of a good answer, provided the identity of the applicant
				  is not disclosed.