Rules of Court · Part 1 · New Jersey
R. 1:24-4 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 1:24-4: Application for Admission by Motion, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Application for Admission by Motion
Applicants may apply for admission to the bar of this State by motion to the Supreme Court. To qualify for application by motion, applicants must:
(a) have lawfully practiced law for five of the last seven years within the jurisdiction of the United States;
(b) have previously sat for and passed the bar examination in another United States jurisdiction;
(c) be admitted in a United States jurisdiction that would extend a reciprocal license by motion to New Jersey lawyers;
(d) have completed a course on New Jersey ethics and professionalism; and
(e) meet all other application requirements in Rule 1:24-1 above.
Note: Adopted August 1, 2016 to be effective September 1, 2016; paragraph (a) amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 1:24-4 "Application for Admission by Motion" {
Applicants may apply for admission to the bar of this State by motion to the Supreme Court. To qualify for application by motion, applicants must:
(a) have lawfully practiced law for five of the last seven years within the jurisdiction of the United States;
(b) have previously sat for and passed the bar examination in another United States jurisdiction;
(c) be admitted in a United States jurisdiction that would extend a reciprocal license by motion to New Jersey lawyers;
(d) have completed a course on New Jersey ethics and professionalism; and
(e) meet all other application requirements in Rule 1:24-1 above.
Note: Adopted August 1, 2016 to be effective September 1, 2016; paragraph (a) amended July 29, 2019 to be effective September 1, 2019.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-09-25; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 1:24-2 · R. 1:24-3 → · chapter 1:24 · all rules
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