Rule 3-16. Requirements and Limitations

(a) In order to appear pursuant to these rules, the legal intern must:

(1) be certified by a law school approved by the American Bar Association or by the bar examining committee;

(2) have completed legal studies amounting to at least two semesters of credit in a three or four year course of legal studies, or the equivalent if the school is on some basis other than a semester basis except that the dean may certify a student under this section who has completed less than two semesters of credit or the equivalent to enable that student to participate in a faculty supervised law school clinical program;

(3) be certified by the dean of his or her law school as and being of good character and competent legal ability; and

(4) be introduced to the court in which he or she is appearing by an attorney admitted to practice in that court.

(b) A legal intern may not be employed or compensated directly by a client for services rendered. This section shall not prevent an attorney, legal aid bureau, law school, public defender agency or the state from compensating an eligible intern.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 70.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 22, 2009, to take effect Jan. 1, 2010; amended June 12, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: ''And'' was added to the end of subdivi- sion (a) (3), and the semicolon at the end of subdivision (a) had been subdivision (a) (5) was deleted. COMMENTARY—2026: The change to this section is required by the deletion of Section 3-21 in its entirety.