REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT - RE: Amendments to The Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law: By order entered on June 7, 2016, The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has adopted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) with an effective date in July 2017. Subject to the attached amendments to the Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law, which are released for public comment, the Supreme Court adopted the recommendation of the West Virginia Board of Law Examiners that West Virginia adopt the uniform exam.