SJC invites comments on proposed amendment to the Maine Bar Admission Rules regarding temporary permission to practice with the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services. Comments due by August 23, 2024.

Date: 8/2/2024

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court invites comments on the proposed adoption of Rule 11C of the Maine Bar Admission Rules and the proposed repeal of Rule 89(c) of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure that would (1) move the current provisions of Maine Rule of Civil Procedure 89(c) to the new Maine Bar Admission Rule 11C, (2) add provisions authorizing temporary permission to practice for an attorney who is a member in good standing of the Bar of any other state or of the District of Columbia if that attorney is employed by the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services and has completed the Commission's minimum standard training, and (3) properly identify the Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, rather than the Clerk of the Law Court, as the person who will accept filings.

The proposed amendments are available at the links below.

Any comments must be filed with the Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 23, 2024. Comments may be in writing, mailed to the address below, or in an email sent to lawcourt.clerk@courts.maine.gov. If the comments are in an attachment to the email, the attachment must be a document in native (text-based and not scanned) portable document format (.pdf). The Clerks Office will acknowledge receipt of the email via reply email.

All comments must contain (1) the name and mailing address of the individual submitting the comments and (2) the name, mailing address, and primary telephone number of the organization (if any) on whose behalf the comments are submitted. An individual need not be an attorney to submit comments individually or on behalf of an organization.

Comments are public documents and may be posted on the Courts website.

Dated: August 2, 2024

Matthew Pollack
Executive Clerk
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
205 Newbury Street Room 139
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 822-4146

Supporting documents

Proposed M. Bar Admiss. R. 11C

Proposed repeal of M.R. Civ. P. 89(c)

pdf version of this notice