Rule 6.1 - Temporary LicenseSection 1. Temporary License. A person who has been admitted to practice law in the highest court of law in any other state (as defined in Rule 6, section 1 ), and who is in good standing and has no pending disciplinary proceedings in each state of admission, may be granted a temporary license to practice law in Indiana if the person has applied for admission to the Indiana bar, either on examination or on foreign license, and meets one of the following qualifications:
(a) The person is employed as a full-time faculty member at an ABA-accredited law school in Indiana and is supervising law students in a clinical program of that law school; or (b) The person is employed by a legal services organization or public defender office that provides legal assistance to persons of limited means, free of charge; (c) The person offers pro bono services to persons of limited means, free of charge, through a legal services organization or public defender office; or(d) The person is employed full-time as an attorney for the Indiana Department of Child Services providing litigation services in child welfare cases; or(e) The person is employed full-time as a deputy prosecutor.Section 2. Conditions and Limitations on Practice Under Temporary License. A person who establishes an office or other systematic and continuous presence in Indiana in order to accept or continue employment by a person or entity engaged in business in Indiana other than the practice of law may be granted a business counsel license to practice law in Indiana without examination so long as granting the license is in the public interest and such person: (a) All legal work performed under Section 1 of this rule must be performed under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice in Indiana. (b) Except as otherwise authorized by these rules, a person authorized to practice under this rule shall not perform any legal services in Indiana except as provided in Section 1 and shall not request or accept compensation for services except such salary as may be provided by the legal services organization, public defender office, Indiana Department of Child Services, prosecutor's office, or law school.(c) The temporary license issued under this rule shall expire on the earliest of the following dates: (1) the date the person is admitted to the Indiana bar; (2) the date the person's application for the Indiana bar is denied for any reason, including but not limited to failing to achieve a passing score on a qualifying bar examination or failing to satisfy character and fitness or other eligibility requirements; (3) two years after the date the temporary license is issued.(d) At any time while a person's application for admission to the Indiana bar is pending, the Board of Law Examiners may petition the Court to revoke the temporary license if the Board determines that the person no longer meets the requirements for temporary licensure or temporary licensure no longer is in the public interest.(e) A person granted a temporary license under this Rule submits to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for disciplinary purposes and agrees to be bound by the Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by the Indiana Supreme Court. Ind. R. Att'y Adm. & Discip. 6.1
Added effective 3/13/2017; amended February 24, 2021, effective 2/24/2021; amended May 12, 2022, effective 5/12/2022.