What qualifications do I need to be licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant?
What kind of practice can I engage in as a Foreign Legal Consultant?
How can I obtain an application?
What is the fee?
What documents must be submitted with this application?
What should the letters of recommendation include?
How long is the application process?
When will I be licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant?

1. What qualifications do I need to be licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant?

See General Qualifications of SJC Rule 3:05, sec. 1.2

2. What kind of practice can I engage in as a Foreign Legal Consultant?

See Section 5 of SJC Rule 3:05.

3. How can I obtain an application to be licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant?

There are three different procedures for obtaining an application:

1. Download the application from this site.

2. Request an application via a written request to this office.

3. Send an e-mail requesting an application.

4. What is the fee?

The fee is a non-refundable bank check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $510.00. This office will not accept personal checks.

5. What documents must be submitted with this application?

Your application with its attachments must be submitted in duplicate.

• $510.00 filing fee in the form of a money order or bank check.
  
  
• Certificate(s) from the highest jurisdiction(s) in which you are an admitted member in good standing, along with the english translation of the document(s).
  
• A letter of recommendation from a member of the bar in which you are a member (if applicable, an english translation of the recommendation).
  
  
• 1 Affidavit from a Massachusetts attorney stating your good moral character and fitness.
  
  
• 2 Affidavits from residents of Massachusetts also stating your good moral character and fitness.
  
  
• Other evidence as to the nature and extent of your educational and professional qualifications, good moral character and general fitness.

All materials must be submitted in duplicate attached to the application.

6. What should the letters of recommendation include?

For more information, please see the instructions.

7. How long is the application process?

The entire application process can take 4 to 6 months.

8. When will I be licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant?

After the Board of Bar Examiners finds you qualified to be licensed and recommends your licensing to the Court, you MUST be administered the official Massachusetts Foreign Legal Consultants Oath, as well as, file the required Agent for Service of Process form with this Court.

You will be notified of your qualification to be licensed. At that time you may email, to schedule a date and time to have the Oath administered to you and to obtain the required Agent for Service of Process information.