Rule 2-18. Filings To Become Foreign Legal Consultant

(a) An applicant for a license to practice as a foreign legal consultant shall file with the director of the bar examining committee:

(1) an application and payment of such fee as the bar examining committee shall from time to time determine;

(2) a certificate from the authority in the foreign country having final jurisdiction over professional discipline, certifying to the applicant's admission to practice (or the equivalent of such admission) and the date thereof and to the applicant's good standing as an attorney or counselor at law (or the equivalent of either), together with a duly authenticated English translation of such certificate if it is not in English; and

(3) two recommendations, one from a member in good standing of the Connecticut bar and another from either a member in good standing of the bar of the country in which the applicant is licensed as an attorney, or from a judge of one of the courts of original jurisdiction of said country, together with a duly authenticated English translation of each letter if it is not in English.

(b) Upon a showing that strict compliance with the provisions of Section 2-17 (1) and subdivisions

(2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section is impossible or very difficult for reasons beyond the controloftheapplicant,or uponashowingofexceptional professional qualifications to practice as a foreign legal consultant, the court may, in its discretion, waive or vary the application of such provisions and permit the applicant to make such other showing as may be satisfactory to the court.

(c) The bar examining committee shall investigate the qualifications, moral character, and fitness of any applicant for a license to practice as a foreign legal consultant and may in any case require the applicant to submit any additional proof or information as the committee may deem appropriate. The committee may also require the applicant to submit a report from the National Conference of Bar Examiners, and to pay the prescribed fee therefor, with respect to the applicant's character and fitness.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 24C.) (Amended June 21, 2010, to take effect Jan. 1, 2011; amended June 26, 2020, to take effect Jan. 1, 2021; amended June 9, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024.)