Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

In re:

(1) Repeal of subdivision (a)(1) of subdivision 8.10, entitled “Admission Without Examination,” of Supreme Court Rule 8, entitled “Admission to the Bar,” and in lieu thereof adoption of a new subdivision (a)(1) of subdivision 8.10, entitled “Admission Without Examination.”
(2) Approval of a new Regulation 3 of Regulations of Board of Law Examiners for Rule 8.10.




1.  It is ordered that subdivision 8.10(a)(1) of Supreme Court Rule 8 be and the same is hereby repealed and a new subdivision 8.10(a)(1) adopted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

8.10(a)(1) The lawyer is licensed and has had an active and significant practice during a part or all of the period described in Rule 8.10(a)(2) in at least one jurisdiction that permits mutuality of admission without examination.

2.  It is ordered that a new Regulation 3 for Supreme Court Rule 8.10 be and the same is hereby approved.  As approved, the regulation reads:

3.  Practice in a mutuality of admission state for a period of less than two years will generally not be considered as a “significant practice” within the meaning of Rule 8.10(a)(1).

3.  It is ordered that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar.

4.  It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.

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ANN K. COVINGTON
Acting Chief Justice