Admission to the Profession
Discover the general requirement for non-lawyers seeking admission to the bar, including application for admission, lawyers supporting another’s admission, and making corrections to the application.
Transcript
This clip will give you an in-depth review of Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.1 and its requirements for non-lawyers seeking admission to the bar. The Rule itself – which basically requires truthful statements to the bar – is fairly straightforward; but Model Rule 8.1 is actually unique from other Rules of Professional Conduct because it applies to non-lawyers seeking admission to a bar, and also applies to licensed lawyers making representations to the bar. To fully understand the...