First Adopted: March 03, 1994
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 1994
Rule 9 | Rules Governing The Missouri Bar and the Judiciary | Practice of Law in the State
9.05 | Foreign Legal Consultants – General Requirements
A person who is admitted to practice in a foreign country as an attorney or counselor at law or the equivalent and who is certified for practice as a foreign legal consultant as provided by Rules 9.05 to 9.12 may provide legal services in the state of Missouri to the extent allowed by Rules 9.05 to 9.12.
This Court may certify for practice as a foreign legal consultant any individual who:
(a) Has been admitted to practice law in a foreign country and has engaged in the full-time practice of law of that country for a period of not less than five of the ten years immediately preceding the date of original application and has been in good standing as an attorney or counselor at law or the equivalent in that country throughout the period of such admission;
(b) Possesses the good moral character and fitness requisite for a member of The Missouri Bar;
(c) Is over twenty-six years of age;
(d) Intends to practice as a foreign legal consultant in this state;
(e) Is associated with a law office for such practice in this state; and
(f) Furnishes to the Board of Law Examiners proof of taking the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within one year of seeking certification and scoring a grade at least equal to that established by the board as passing at the time the examination was taken.
(Adopted March 3, 1994, effective July 1, 1994.)