Foreign Practitioners: Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions

SJC Rule 3:04 Limited Practice by Attorneys from other Jurisdictions who are engaged in certain Graduate Law Studies or Programs of Legal Assistance.

Rule 3:04 allows attorneys from other jurisdictions who are engaged in certain graduate law studies or programs of legal assistance to engage in a limited practice before the courts of the Commonwealth. Permission to appear under this Rule is effective upon the foreign attorney filing with Supreme Judicial Court for The County of Suffolk Clerk's office a certificate(s) of any such court of another jurisdiction(s) certifying that the attorney is a member in good standing at the bar of that court and a statement signed by a representative of the organized legal services program that the attorney is currently associated with.

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