Conn. Practice Book § 2-13 (2026)

Sec. 2-13. Attorneys of Other Jurisdictions; Qualifications and Requirements for Admis- sion (a) Any member of the bar of another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, who, after satisfying the bar examining committee that his or her educational qualifica- tions are such as would entitle him or her to take the examination in Connecticut, and that (i) at least one jurisdiction in which he or she is a mem- ber of the bar is reciprocal to Connecticut in that it would admit a member of the bar of Connecticut to its bar without examination under provisions similar to those set out in this section or (ii) he or she is a full-time faculty member or full-time clini- cal fellow at an accredited Connecticut law school and admitted in a reciprocal or nonreciprocal juris- diction, shall satisfy the committee that he or she: (1) is of good moral character, is fit to practice law, and has either passed an examination in pro- fessional responsibility or has completed a course in professional responsibility in accordance with the regulations of the committee; (2) has been duly licensed to practice law before the highest court of a reciprocal state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia if reciprocal to Connecticut, or that he or she is a

© Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2-13A full-time faculty member or full-time clinical fellow at an accredited Connecticut law school and admitted in a reciprocal or nonreciprocal jurisdic- tion and (A) has lawfully engaged in the practice of law as the applicant’s principal means of liveli- hood for at least five of the ten years immediately preceding the date of the application and is in good standing, or (B) if the applicant has taken the bar examinations of Connecticut and failed to pass them, the applicant has lawfully engaged in the practice of law as his or her principal means of livelihood for at least five of the ten years imme- diately preceding the date of the application and is in good standing, provided that such five years of practice shall have occurred subsequent to the applicant’s last failed Connecticut examination; and (3) is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully residing in the United States, which shall include an individual authorized to work lawfully in the United States, may be admitted as an attorney without examination upon application and the pay- ment of such fee as the committee shall from time to time determine, upon compliance with the following requirements. Such application shall be filed with the director of the committee and shall set forth the applicant’s qualifications as hereinbe- fore provided, and shall certify whether such appli- cant has a grievance pending against him or her, has ever been reprimanded, suspended, placed on inactive status, disbarred, or has ever resigned from the practice of law and, if so, setting forth the circumstances concerning such action. The following recommendations shall be filed by the person making the recommendation: (A) recommendations from two attorneys who personally know the applicant certifying to his or her good moral character and fitness to practice law and supporting, to the satisfaction of the com- mittee, his or her practice of law as defined under subdivision (2) of this subsection; and (B) recommendations from two members of the bar of Connecticut of at least five years’ standing, certifying that the applicant is of good moral char- acter and is fit to practice law. (b) For the purpose of this rule, the ‘‘practice of law’’ shall include the following activities, if per- formed after the date of the applicant’s admission to the jurisdiction in which the activities were per- formed, or if performed in a jurisdiction that per- mits such activity by a lawyer not admitted to practice: (1) representation of one or more clients in the practice of law; (2) service as a lawyer with a state, federal, or territorial agency, including military services; 123 (3) teaching law at an accredited law school, including supervision of law students within a clini- cal program; (4) service as a judge in a state, federal, or territorial court of record; (5) service as a judicial law clerk; (6) service as authorized house counsel; (7) service as authorized house counsel in Con- necticut before July 1, 2008, or while certified pur- suant to Section 2-15A; or (8) any combination of the above. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 21.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 22, 2009, to take effect Jan. 1, 2010; amended June 21, 2010, to take effect Jan. 1, 2011; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012; amended June 15, 2012, to take effect Sept. 1, 2012; amended June 13, 2014, to take effect Jan. 1, 2015; amended June 15, 2018, to take effect July 3, 2018; 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.) Sec. 2-13A. Military Spouse Temporary Licensing (a) Qualifications. An applicant who meets all of the following requirements listed in subdivisions (1) through (11) of this subsection may be tempo- rarily licensed and admitted to the practice of law in Connecticut, upon approval of the bar examin- ing committee. The applicant: (1) is the spouse of an active duty service mem- ber of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Space Force and that service member is or will be stationed in Con- necticut due to military orders; (2) is licensed to practice law before the highest court in at least one state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia; (3) is currently an active member in good stand- ing in every jurisdiction to which the applicant has been admitted to practice, or has resigned or become inactive or had a license administratively suspended or revoked while in good standing from every jurisdiction without any pending disciplin- ary actions; (4) is not currently subject to lawyer discipline or the subject of a pending disciplinary matter in any other jurisdiction; (5) meets the educational qualifications required to take the examination in Connecticut; (6) possesses the good moral character and fitness to practice law required of all applicants for admission in Connecticut; (7) has passed an examination in professional responsibility or has completed a course in profes- sional responsibility in accordance with the regu- lation of the bar examining committee; (8) is or will be physically residing in Connecticut due to the service member’s military orders;

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