Inactive attorneys who are seventy (70) years of age or older are exempt from the annual attorney registration requirement but must notify the Clerk within thirty (30) days of any change to their registration information.
Upon assuming inactive status, an attorney shall be removed from the rolls of those classified as active until and unless the attorney requests reinstatement to the active rolls and pays reinstatement fee required by these rules and complies with any outstanding continuing legal education requirements.
If an applicant seeking reinstatement was removed from the Master Roll for failure to register or comply with Rule 3 (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education), suspended for non-payment of Bar Association dues, or inactive, for a period of six (6) months or more, the applicant for reinstatement shall submit an affidavit attesting that the applicant has not been disciplined in this or any other jurisdiction, that the applicant is not the subject of any pending disciplinary charges, and that the applicant is not aware of any reason why the application should not be granted.
Disciplinary Counsel and the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office shall provide this Court with a Report and Recommendation on the application within thirty (30) days.
Reinstatement to active status from inactive status requires payment of a $200 fee.
Applications for reinstatement to the Master Roll after having been removed from active status for failing to register for a period of less than six (6) months requires payment of a $325 fee; and, applications for reinstatement to the Master Roll after having been removed from inactive status for failing to register for a period of less than six (6) months requires payment of a $175 fee.
Applications for reinstatement to active or inactive status after having been removed from the Master Roll for failing to register or comply with Rule 3 (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education) or suspended for non-payment of Rhode Island Bar Association dues for a period of six (6) months to three (3) years requires payment of a $375 fee; and, applications for reinstatement to active or inactive status after having been removed from the Master Roll for failing to register or comply with Rule 3 (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education) or suspended for non-payment of Bar Association dues for a period in excess of three (3) years requires payment of a $525 fee.
Applications for reinstatement within six (6) months of suspension for non-payment of bar dues, taking inactive status, or removal may be granted by rule of court. All other applications for reinstatement shall be forwarded to the Court for consideration.
R.I. Sup. Ct. R. 1
The annual registration deadlines for attorneys and limited liability entities contained in Article IV, Rule 1 and Rule 1A of the Supreme Court Rules are hereby extended to September 1, 2020 by Order dated June 24, 2020.
*The opening of the 2018 - 2019 annual attorney registration has been delayed as the Court has been working to convert to a new online portal for attorneys to submit their annual attorney registrations electronically. The conversion to a new online portal has now been delayed until later this year. In light of the late opening of the 2018 - 2019 attorney registration cycle, this year's registration deadline is hereby extended to September 1, 2018.
Accordingly, all attorneys shall file their annual attorney registrations with this Court by September 1, 2018. Consistent with Article IV, Rule 1(d), attorneys who do not register by the deadline will be assessed a $125 late fee and will be removed from the Master Roll of Attorneys for failure to comply.
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