The Utah American Civil Liberties Union answered an “emphatic" yes to the state Supreme Court’s question of whether undocumented immigrants should be able to take the state bar exam and practice law, the group announced Tuesday.
The state Supreme Court had reached out to 11 groups for opinions on the matter in November 2018, some months after the court was petitioned to amend its rules to show undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria are eligible to obtain a law license. The court sought perspectives on whether admitting undocumented law school graduates to the bar would conflict with federal law and whether it had the power to make the change.