(1) Has completed
the study of law at and received without exception an earned
Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
(2) Is a member of
the bar of a
reciprocal state on active status at the time of filing of the
application for admission to the bar of this Commonwealth.
(3) Presentation of
a certificate from the highest court or agency having
jurisdiction over admission to the bar and the practice of law in every state or
jurisdiction in which the applicant has been admitted to practice law stating
that the applicant is in good standing at the bar of such court or such state.
An applicant who is disbarred or suspended for disciplinary reasons from the
practice of law in another jurisdiction at the time of filing an
application for
admission to the bar shall not be eligible for admission to the bar of this
Commonwealth.
(4) Presentation of
proof satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has for a
period of five years of the last seven years immediately preceding the date of
filing of the
application for admission to the bar of this Commonwealth devoted
a major portion of time and energy to the practice of law in one or more states.
(5) Presentation of
proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant has either
taken and passed the bar examination in a reciprocal state or has devoted a
major portion of time and energy to the practice of law in a reciprocal state
for five years of the last seven years immediately preceding the date on which
an application was filed under this rule.
(6) No applicant
will be admitted under this Rule who at any time has taken and
failed the Pennsylvania bar examination.
(7) Satisfaction of
the requirements of Paragraphs (a)(1) and
(b)(2) of Rule 203.
(8) Has passed the
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam with the
score required by the Court
to be achieved by successful applicants under Rule 203.
For purposes of this rule, the phrase “practice of law” is defined as engaging
in any of the following legal activities, provided such activities were
performed in a state in which the applicant was admitted to practice law or in a
state that affirmatively permitted such activity by a lawyer not admitted to
practice law in the jurisdiction:
(i) Representation
of one or more clients in the private practice of law.
(ii) Providing legal
services as an attorney with a local, state or federal agency.
(iii) Teaching law
full time at an accredited law school, college or university in
the United States, provided a substantial portion of such time was spent
teaching at an accredited law school.
(iv) Service as a
judge in a federal, state or local court of record.
(v) Service full
time as a judicial law clerk to any judge of any court of the
United States or of any state or territory of the United States.
(vi) Service as
corporate counsel.
(vii) Service on
active duty in the United States military service, as a judge
advocate or law specialist, as those terms are defined in the Uniform Code of
Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. Sec. 801, as amended.
