Rule 2-10. Admission by Superior Court; Admission in Absentia

(a) Each applicant who shall be recommended for admission to the bar, except under subsection

(c) , shall present himself or herself to the Superior Court, or to either the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court sitting as the Superior Court, at such place and at such time as shall be prescribed by the bar examining committee, or shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court, and such court may then, upon motion, admit such person as an attorney. The director shall give notice to each clerk of the names of the newly admitted attorneys. At the time such applicant is admitted as an attorney, the applicant shall be sworn as a Commissioner of the Superior Court.

(b) The administrative judge of said judicial district or a designee or the chief justice of the Supreme Court or a designee or the chief judge of the Appellate Court or a designee may deliver an address to the applicants so admitted respecting their duties and responsibilities as attorneys.

(c) The bar examining committee may, upon election by a candidate, recommend the candidate for admission in absentia. Upon the administration of the oaths taken as Commissioner of the Superior Court and for admission to the bar by an official duly qualified to administer oaths, the candidate who has taken the oaths shall be admitted to the Connecticut bar in absentia. The candidate shall complete the oaths and submit the original affidavits to the bar examining committee within 180 days from the date of certification.

Committee Notes

(Amended June 10, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 18.) (Amended June 26, 2020, to take effect Jan. 1, 2021; amended June 10, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended June 9, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024.)