{"id":55,"date":"2019-05-29T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T20:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2025-03-18T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:55:23","slug":"admissions-without-examination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=55","title":{"rendered":"ADMISSION WITHOUT EXAMINATION &#8211; Comity, In-House Counsel, Military Spouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\nThe information provided on this website is not a substitute for Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 7 or the Board Policies and Procedures. The Rule and Policies can be found under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=56\">Governing Authorities<\/a>.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to Apply: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=328 \">Admission without Examination (Comity) &#8211; How to Apply<\/a> &#8211; Comity admission is governed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=56\">Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 7,<\/a>&nbsp;Article V. An applicant must have been engaged in the active practice of law as defined in Rule 7 for&nbsp;five of the seven years&nbsp;immediately preceding the application&nbsp;and must meet the education and character and fitness requirements of Rule 7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=330\">In-House Counsel and Foreign Legal Consultants &#8211; How to Register<\/a> &#8211; The Application to Register as In-House Counsel is limited to lawyers who are admitted to the practice of law in another U.S. jurisdiction or as a Foreign Legal Consultant, to lawyers admitted to practice law in a country other than the United States and territories, and who are employed as a lawyer by an organization, the business of which is lawful and consists of activities other than the practice of law or the provision of legal services, and who has a systematic and continuous presence in this jurisdiction pursuant to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tncourts.gov\/rules\/supreme-court\/8\">Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 8, RPC 5.5(d)(1)<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=334\">Spouse of Military Servicemember &#8211; How to Apply<\/a> &#8211; In support and recognition of the service of military families, the Supreme Court includes in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=56\">Rule 7<\/a>\u00a0a provision that permits temporary licensing for an attorney-spouse of an active duty service member of the United States Uniformed Services in Section 10.06.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If the answer to your question can be found on the website, in Rule 7 and\/or in the Board Policies and Procedures, you will not receive a response to any email you send to the Board. <\/strong>Neither the Board nor the BLE Staff give advisory opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional Information Regarding Admission and Application Requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=215\">Practice Pending Admission<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=347\">Fees for Admission without Examination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After Approval of Application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=57\">Tennessee Law Course<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=236\">Licensing, Registration and Admissions Information <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=412\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/files.tnble.com\/url\/pv6npqyisnynnyir\">Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The information provided on this website is not a substitute for Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 7 or the Board Policies and Procedures. The Rule and Policies can be found under&nbsp;Governing Authorities. How to Apply: If the answer to your question can be found on the website, in Rule 7 and\/or in the Board Policies and <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/?page_id=55\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2023,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/2023"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tnble.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}