CALL TO ACTION! The Virginia State Bar and Supreme Court are considering MSJDN’s petition to change the Commonwealth’s military spouse attorney admission rule to remove the supervision requirement. Please take a moment to email your support for this change...
By Alyn Beauregard On September 23, 2019, Delaware became the 39th jurisdiction to enact a licensing accommodation for military spouse attorneys when the Delaware Supreme Court adopted Supreme Court Rule 55.4 (http://courts.delaware.gov/rules/), which is effective November 1, 2019. The...
On June 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Washington issued an order amending Admission and Practice Rules (APR) 3 to create a pathway to practice law for attorney spouses of active duty military personnel stationed in the state. The...
On March 7, 2019, the Arkansas Supreme Court published and adopted Rule XVII of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Arkansas, “Military Spouse Temporary Admission,” effective immediately. Rule XVII creates a mechanism for the admission of military...
On March 7, 2019, the Utah Supreme Court adopted Rule 14-805, “Admission for spouse of active military stationed in Utah”. Rule 14-805 creates a mechanism for the admission of military spouse attorneys, including the issuance of a temporary certificate...
On February 22nd, the California Supreme Court approved amendments to the Rules of Court, including the adoption of Rule 9.41.1, which establishes special admission for Registered Military Spouse Attorneys. Rule 9.41.1 creates a new special admissions category specific to...
Pennsylvania is now the 33rd state to adopt a military spouse licensing accommodation rule. On January 29, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners adopted a new rule that allows military spouse attorneys who accompany their servicemembers...
Washington is home to almost 70,000 active duty military personnel and 20,000 reservists, along with their families. The legal community in the state has long embraced the military community through programs like the Veterans Project with the Northwest Justice...
Efforts to enact a military spouse attorney licensing accommodation in California have been underway since the founding of the Military Spouse J.D. Network (MSJDN) in 2011. In the meantime, 33 other jurisdictions have adopted rule changes to reduce barriers...
In 2016, Georgia adopted a policy and process for military spouse attorneys to petition for a waiver of the existing rules for admission. Harriet O’Neal, a MSJDN member living in Georgia due to her husband’s military assignment, was denied admission to...