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Can I waive into Colorado ?
| Marvelous jade hospital | 09/02/15 |
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| Marvelous jade hospital | 09/02/15 |
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Date: September 2nd, 2015 10:53 AM Author: Marvelous jade hospital Admitted in CA, which does not have reciprocity. Can I waive into DC or some other random place, then waive into CO?
From this rule it looks like I could, since I (after I waive into DC) I would be admitted into a state with reciprocity and have been practicing (in CA) more than 5 years.
(1) An applicant who meets the following requirements may, upon motion, be admitted by the Supreme Court to the practice of law in Colorado. An applicant under this rule shall:
(a) Have been admitted to practice law in another jurisdiction of the United States that allows admission to licensed Colorado attorneys on motion without the requirement of taking that jurisdiction’s bar examination;
(b) Hold a J.D. or LL.B. degree from a law school approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association at the time the applicant matriculated or graduated;
(c) Have been primarily engaged in the active practice of law in one or more other jurisdictions in the United States for three of the five years immediately preceding the date upon which the application is filed;
(d) Establish that the applicant is currently a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where admitted
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Date: September 4th, 2015 8:41 AM Author: violent yapping indian lodge fat ankles Was going to say no, but the rules changed in the last year. Here's the old rule:
Rule 201.3 Classification of Applicants (1) Class A applicants are those applicants as determined by the Bar Committee: (a) who have been admitted to the Bar of another state, territory, or district of the United States which allows admission to members of the Colorado Bar on motion without the requirement of taking that jurisdiction's bar examination,
(b) who have actively and substantially maintained a practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding application for admission to the Bar of Colorado in that state, territory or district of the United States which allows admission to members of the Colorado Bar on motion without the requirement of taking that jurisdiction's bar examination.
Unlike the old rule, the new rule doesn't say anything about the practice being in the state that allows reciprocity. That said, you should just call the admissions prior to see what they say. |
Date: September 2nd, 2015 10:56 AM Author: glittery erotic knife Waiving into DC is easy so yes I guess, although it will take months for each step (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28673651) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2015 10:56 AM Author: Marvelous jade hospital No longer than taking the CO bar in February and waiting for results to come out next summer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28673654) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2015 10:59 AM Author: glittery erotic knife True. But who the fuck wants to sit more bar exams than they have to. Not that they are hard, but think of all the time lost preparing, wasted time if you don't have to. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28673663) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2015 10:59 AM Author: Marvelous jade hospital Exactly, which is why I wanna waive in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28673667) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2015 11:00 AM Author: glittery erotic knife Do it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28673673) |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 8:06 AM Author: Titillating Therapy Can't believe we have to worry about shit like this. What a stupid profession. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28686936) |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 8:11 AM Author: glittery erotic knife It is totally fucking absurd.
With my English bar admission (and my EU passport) I can go work as a lawyer in Germany, France, Sweden, anywhere in Europe, and all I have to do is fill in some registration documents.
With my NY or DC bar admission (and my US passport), can I go work in CA or FL? No. Fuck off, they will tell me.
EDIT it is even way easier for me to get admitted and work as a lawyer in Hong Kong, as a total foreigner, than it is for me to work in California. |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 8:57 AM Author: concupiscible mexican What's the reasoning as to why there isn't just one US bar exam that covers all 50 states? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2979039&forum_id=2#28687047) |