RULE 1:24-4 - Application for Admission by Motion

Applicants may apply for admission to the bar of this State by motion to the Supreme Court. To qualify for application by motion, applicants must:

(a) have lawfully practiced law for five of the last seven years within the jurisdiction of the United States;

(b) have previously sat for and passed the bar examination in another United States jurisdiction;

(c) be admitted in a United States jurisdiction that would extend a reciprocal license by motion to New Jersey lawyers;

(d) have completed a course on New Jersey ethics and professionalism; and

(e) meet all other application requirements in Rule 1:24-1 above.

Note: Adopted August 1, 2016 to be effective September 1, 2016; paragraph (a) amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019.