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SJC invites comments on proposed amendments to the Maine Bar Admission Rules regarding admission by motion. Comments due by March 6, 2025.
Date: 2/13/2025
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court invites comments on proposed amendments to the Maine Bar Admission Rules that would allow admission of a person to the Maine bar without examination only if the person is admitted to practice in a state or territory that allows admission without examination of members of the Maine bar under comparable circumstances.
The proposed amendment is available at the link below.
Any comments must be filed with the Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2025. 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 Clerk's 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: February 13, 2025
Matthew Pollack
Executive Clerk
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
205 Newbury Street Room 139
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 822-4146