Any person meeting the qualifications of Paragraph 4.1.a. may seek reinstatement as an Active Member as follows:
a.Inactive for Five Calendar Years or Less. Pay the Active Membership Fees by December 31st of the fifth calendar year of the Member being an Inactive Member.b.Inactive for more than Five Calendar Years. Submit a written request for reinstatement to the Executive Director and include;i. proof that the Member was admitted to practice law in the highest court of any state, United States territory, or the District of Columbia for at least one of the five years immediately preceding the written request;ii. proof that the Member was actively practicing law in that jurisdiction or engaged: 1) as a judge for a court of record;2) as a commission or tribunal member authorized to address legal matters of a serious nature; or,3) as a fulltime instructor at an accredited law school in that jurisdiction;iii. payment of the Active Member Membership Fees; and,iv. payment of Delinquent Fees, if any, and Delinquency Penalty thereon.c.Reinstatement Decision. The State Bar will reinstate the Inactive Member as an Active Member upon determination that the Inactive Member satisfactorily meets the reinstatement requirements. If the State Bar rejects the reinstatement request, the Member may appeal the State Bar's decision to the Supreme Court, within thirty days after receiving notice of rejection from the State Bar. The Supreme Court may overturn the State Bar's decision. If the Supreme Court declines to hear the appeal or hears the appeal and upholds the State Bar's decision, the State Bar will return the Membership Fees, Delinquent Fees, if any, and Delinquency Penalty tendered with the application.SDCL tit. 16, ch. 17, app TO CHAPTER 16-17, art. IV, 4.3