RULE 7
                        INVESTIGATIONS; DUTY OF APPLICANT


         (a) Investigations. The Board of Governors may refer any application
     for permission to take the bar examination, to be admitted to the
     practice of law or to be admitted to the limited practice of law
     under pertinent provisions of rules 8 and 9, or to enroll in the law
     clerk program to state bar counsel or to the Character and Fitness
     Board for investigation pursuant to these rules.

         (b) Duty of Applicant. It shall be the duty of every applicant to
     cooperate with any investigation required by the Board of Governors,
     by promptly furnishing written or oral explanations, documents,
     releases, authorizations, or anything else reasonably required by the
     investigator. Failure to appear as directed or to furnish additional
     proof or answers as required or to cooperate fully shall be
     sufficient reason for the Board of Governors to reject or to
     recommend the rejection of an application.

         (c) Subpoenas. The chairperson of the Character and Fitness Board or
     Bar Counsel may issue subpoenas to compel attendance of an applicant
     or witness, or the production of books, documents, or other evidence,
     at a deposition or hearing. Subpoenas shall be served in the same
     manner as in civil cases in the superior court.


     [Amended effective January 1, 1974; July 1, 1975; July 1, 1977;
     September 1, 1984; September 1, 2006.]