IN RE AMENDMENT TO RULE 2 GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW

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IN RE AMENDMENT TO RULE 2 GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW
2013 OK 47
Decided: 06/20/2013

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE PERMANENT LAW REPORTS. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL.

IN RE AMENDMENT TO RULE 2, RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, 5 O.S. 2011, Ch. 1, App. 5.

RULE

¶1 The Court hereby adopts as set forth and attached hereto the amendment to Rule 2 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in the State of Oklahoma, 5 O.S. 2011, Ch. 1, App. 5 by the rewording of Section 1 and Section 1(a) .

¶2 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Rule 2, Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in the State of Oklahoma, 5 O.S. 2011, Ch. 1, App. 5, as amended, shall be for official publication and published in three (3) consecutive issues of the Oklahoma Bar Journal and that it shall be effective upon the date of first publication.

¶3 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 20th DAY OF JUNE, 2013.

/S/CHIEF JUSTICE

COLBERT, C.J., REIF, V.C.J., WATT, COMBS, GURICH, JJ. - CONCUR

KAUGER, J. - CONCURS IN PART, DISSENTS IN PART

WINCHESTER, EDMONDSON, TAYLOR, JJ. - DISSENT

AMENDED LANGUAGE ITALICIZED AND IN BOLD

RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW
IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Rule 2. Admission upon motion without examination.

For purposes of this Rule, the term "reciprocal state" shall mean a state which grants Oklahoma judges and lawyers the right of admission on motion, without the requirement of taking an examination.

The following persons, when found by the Board of Bar Examiners to be qualified under Sections 1 and 2 of Rule One, may be admitted by the Supreme Court to the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma upon the recommendation and motion of the Board, without examination:

Section 1. Persons who are graduates of an American Bar Association approved law school, have been lawfully admitted to practice and are in good standing on active status in a reciprocal state, and have engaged in the actual and continuous practice of law in a reciprocal state for at least five of the seven years immediately preceding application for admission under this Rule. For purposes of this section, "practice of law" shall mean:

(a) Private practice as a sole practitioner or for a law firm, legal services office, legal clinic, or similar entity, provided such practice was subsequent to being admitted to the practice of law in the reciprocal jurisdiction in which that practice occurred; . . .

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