Rule Text
These rules shall be known as the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar.
Amendment history: As amended, effective November 1, 1994; May 19, 2004; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 13-8300-012, effective May 14, 2013; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2023-00036, effective December 31, 2023. Adopted by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2023-00036, effective December 31, 2023.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
This rule simply gives a name to the group of rules that cover how someone becomes a licensed lawyer. It states that this set of rules is officially called the "Rules Governing Admission to the Bar."
There's no complicated legal process described here. It's just a title, like a heading on a document, so people know what these rules are about when they refer to them later.