Rule 98 - Application ProcedureThe following procedures must be followed for an eligible law school graduate to obtain provisional admission:
(1) The recent law school graduate must submit an application to the Office of Bar Admissions on a form to be issued by the Board of Bar Examiners. That Board may also set a reasonable fee to be submitted to the Office of Bar Admissions. The application shall include an acknowledgement by the applicant that, upon provisional admission, the applicant is subject to the terms of Part XVI of these Rules and the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, and that the applicant is subject to the concurrent jurisdiction of the Board of Bar Examiners, the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants, the State Bar of Georgia, and this Court. The applicant shall also acknowledge that any violation of Part XVI of these Rules or any of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct may subject the applicant to discipline by the State Bar of Georgia or this Court and to the suspension or revocation of that applicant's certification of fitness by the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants.(2) Upon a determination by the Board of Bar Examiners that an applicant is eligible for provisional admission under Part XVI of these Rules, the Office of Bar Admissions shall issue a certificate of provisional admission to the applicant.(3) When the Office of Bar Admissions issues a certificate of provisional admission to an applicant, it shall also issue a written oath in the following form: "I swear that I will truly and honestly, justly and uprightly conduct myself as a member of this learned profession and as an attorney and counselor provisionally admitted to the practice of law in this State in accordance with the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct and Part XVI of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and I further swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Georgia. So help me God."
The applicant shall promptly execute the written oath and provide it to the Office of Bar Admissions.
(4) After executing the written oath under Section (3) of this Rule, the applicant shall register as a provisional lawyer with the State Bar of Georgia and pay such reasonable fee as the State Bar may require for the registration of persons provisionally admitted to the practice of law under Part XVI. Such fee shall not exceed the amount of annual membership dues for inactive members of the State Bar. At the time of registration, the applicant shall submit to the State Bar of Georgia the declaration of a lawyer qualified under Rules 100 and 102 of Part XVI to supervise such applicant, attesting that the lawyer is eligible, willing, and able to supervise such applicant and acknowledging the obligations of a supervising lawyer under Rule 102.Adopted October 13, 2023, revised November 9, 2024, amended November 16, 2023, amended December 15, 2023, effective 1/1/2024.