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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 454
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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454.021 Attorneys; admission to practice law; Supreme Court to govern and regulate.—
(1) Admissions of attorneys and counselors to practice law in the state is hereby declared to be a judicial function.
(2) The Supreme Court of Florida, being the highest court of said state, is the proper court to govern and regulate admissions of attorneys and counselors to practice law in said state.
1(3) Upon certification by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners that an applicant who is an unauthorized immigrant who was brought to the United States as a minor; has been present in the United States for more than 10 years; has received documented employment authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); has been issued a social security number; if a male, has registered with the Selective Service System if required to do so under the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 453; and has fulfilled all requirements for admission to practice law in this state, the Supreme Court of Florida may admit that applicant as an attorney at law authorized to practice in this state and may direct an order be entered upon the court’s records to that effect.
History.—ss. 1, 2, 7, ch. 29796, 1955; s. 10, ch. 61-530; s. 3, ch. 2014-35; s. 8, ch. 2023-40.
1Note.—

A. Section 8, ch. 2023-40, deleted subsection (3), effective November 1, 2028.

B. Section 9, ch. 2023-40, provides that “[t]he repeal of s. 454.021(3), Florida Statutes, by this act does not affect the validity of any license to practice law issued pursuant to that subsection before November 1, 2028.”

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Cases Citing Statute 454.021

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LaBossiere v. Florida Bd. of Bar Examiners, 279 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 1973).

Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1973 Fla. LEXIS 5123

...statutory and constitutional authority declaring the admission of attorneys to practice law in Florida to be exclusively a judicial function. Fla. Const., Article V, § 23 (1885), F.S.A.; Chapter 29796, Section 1, Laws of Florida (1955); Fla. Stat. § 454.021(1), F.S.A....
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Vista Designs, Inc. v. Silverman, 774 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 38, 2001 WL 6160

...f fees under the facts in this situation. However, regulatory measures make it a criminal offense to practice law without a license, see section 454.23, Fla.Stat., and the admission of attorneys to practice law is considered a judicial function, see section 454.021, Fla....
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Hucke v. Kubra Data Transfer Ltd., 160 F. Supp. 3d 1320 (S.D. Fla. 2015).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176218, 2015 WL 10097623

...” Id. at 887 . However, the court found that “regulatory measures make it a criminal offense to practice law without a license, see section 454.23, Fla. Stat., and the admission of attorneys to practice law is considered a judicial function, see section 454.021, Fla....
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Petition of Rocafort, 186 So. 2d 496 (Fla. 1966).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...a privilege." It is true the statutes according the diploma privilege have been repealed as well as the saving clauses in the repealers — in fact, all of the statutory provisions relating to admission to the Florida Bar have been repealed (see F.S. § 454.021 et seq., F.S.A.), and the Florida Supreme Court has been given exclusive power to prescribe the rules governing admission to the Bar (see § 23, Art....
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In Re: Jud. Circuit Assessment (Fla. 2023).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...5 In this role, it is not uncommon for the chief justice to issue an administrative order establishing a committee or workgroup to assist the Court in implementing branch-wide policies and initiatives. 6 1 See, Art. V, § 1, Fla. Const. (1968); § 454.021(2), Fla....

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