2.110 Admission without examination

(1) Any person who has been admitted to practice in another jurisdiction and who has been engaged in the active practice of law as defined in SCR 3.020 and 3.022, in a jurisdiction which has reciprocity or comity with Kentucky, for five of the seven years next preceding the filing of an application may be admitted to the Bar of this Commonwealth without examination provided the applicant meets all requirements for admission to the Bar under these Rules. Active engagement in the teaching of the law, full time at an American Bar Association accredited law school, shall be considered active engagement in the practice of law.

(2) An attorney applying for admission under this Rule shall file with the Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions, on the form provided for application for admission, such information as shall be requested thereon accompanied by a fee of $1500.00, no part of which shall be refunded. An applicant shall file with the Character and Fitness Committee such other affidavits, certificates, documents, and materials as shall be required to satisfy the Committee of the applicant's good moral character and fitness to be a member of the Bar of this Commonwealth. With respect to character and fitness, the Committee shall process such applications pursuant to Rule 2.040.

(3) Admission under this Rule shall be conditioned on the applicant establishing that the jurisdiction from which the applicant applies and in which the applicant performs the major portion of his or her professional activities has rules or other provisions providing for admission without examination and by reciprocity or comity which are no more restrictive than the rules of this Commonwealth.

(4) Notwithstanding the requirements stated above, if the applicant has practiced five of the last seven years in a jurisdiction that permits the admission without examination of attorneys from Kentucky, the Committee may approve admission without examination under the same provisions that allow admission of Kentucky attorneys.

Note: Former Rules of Appellate Procedure (RAP) were amended and redesignated as Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR) by Order of the Supreme Court effective January 1, 1978. Prior Rules of the Court of Appeals (RCA) had been redesignated as Rules of Appellate Procedure effective March 12, 1976.