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03/24/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/24/2026 13:38
Court of Appeals Enacts Amendments to Rule Governing Bar Admission
Court of Appeals Enacts Amendments to Rule Governing Bar Admission
March 24, 2026
On March 26 the D.C. Court of Appeals announced that it will adopt proposed amendments to D.C. App. Rule 46 governing admission to the D.C. Bar. First, to become a member of the D.C. Bar without examination in this jurisdiction or transfer of an exam score, an attorney shall have actively practiced law as a member in good standing of another bar in the United States for at least three of the five years preceding their application. Second, the court has deleted now-outdated provisions relating to applications filed before March 31, 2022.
View the announcement and redlined version here. The enacted revisions will take effect on April 24, 2026.
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