Rule 103. APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND TERMINATION EVENTS

(1) Due to the unique mobility requirements of military families who support the defense of our nation, an attorney who is the spouse of an active duty service member of the United States Uniformed Services, as defined by the United States Department of Defense, who is currently assigned to a post in Georgia—or if assigned to a post outside the United States was most recently assigned in the United States to a post in Georgia—(herein defined as a "Military Spouse") may obtain a provisional license to practice law in this State pursuant to the terms of this Rule.

(2) The Military Spouse must file a Petition to Determine Eligibility for Admission on Motion without Examination and the accompanying Fitness Application, as described in Part C of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Georgia. The Military Spouse must meet all of the eligibility requirements listed therein, except that the Military Spouse need not show that she or he has been primarily engaged in the active practice of law for five of the last seven years.

(3) If the Board of Bar Examiners approves the Petition and the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants certifies the Military Spouse as fit to practice law in this State, the Military Spouse will receive a Certificate of Eligibility for Provisional Admission to the Practice of Law as a Military Spouse and must then follow the procedures specified in Part B, 67 Sections 14-17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Georgia to be sworn in.

(4) Upon registration with the State Bar of Georgia, the Military Spouse will be designated as a Provisional Lawyer, entitled to all the privileges and subject to all the obligations of active members of the State Bar, including all ethical, legal, and continuing legal education obligations and the disciplinary jurisdiction of the State Bar of Georgia.

(5) Provisional Admission under this Rule will automatically terminate 180 days after any of the following events:

(a) the lawyer's spouse retires or otherwise separates from the Uniformed Services or is reassigned on military orders to a permanent duty station in the United States but outside Georgia;

(b) the lawyer ceases to be the spouse of an active-duty member of the Uniformed Services;

(c) the lawyer relocates permanently to another jurisdiction for reasons other than the spouse's reassignment on military orders;

(d) the lawyer takes and fails the bar examination in Georgia; or

(e) the lawyer fails to meet any of the annual licensing requirements for Georgia lawyers. XVIII. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM RULES