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Iowa Code § 602.10102 (2026)

Qualifications for admission

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Every applicant for such admission shall be a person of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, truthfulness and one who appreciates and will adhere to a code of conduct for lawyers as adopted by the supreme court. The applicant shall have actually and in good faith pursued a regular course of study of the law and shall have graduated from some reputable law school. The application form shall not contain a recent photograph of the applicant. An applicant shall not be ineligible for registration because of age, citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status or national origin although the application form may require citizenship information. The board may consider the past record of guilty pleas and convictions of public offenses of\n\nTue Dec 09 22:00:12 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 602 (74, 2) §602.10102, JUDICIAL BRANCH 82\n\nan applicant. Character references may be required; however, such references shall not be restricted to lawyers. [C51, §1610; R60, §2700; C73, §208; C97, §310; S13, §310; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10908; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.2] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2) CS83, §602.10102 2019 Acts, ch 48, §1

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1989–2012 · leading case: Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Paul J. Bieber, 824 N.W.2d 514 (Iowa 2012).
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Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Paul J. Bieber, 824 N.W.2d 514 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 4× “10102 (2011) (“Every applicant for such admission shall be a person of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, truthfulness and one who appreciates and will adhere to a code of conduct for lawyers as adopted by the supreme court.”
Matter of Peterson, 439 N.W.2d 165 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 602.10102 ; Iowa Ct. R. 103. We appoint members to the Iowa Board of Law Examiners.”
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