NOTICE REGARDING ADMISSION TO PRACTICE

Admission to practice is governed by the Rules of the United States Court of International Trade. Rule 74 provides that an attorney of good moral character who has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court of any state, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession, any United States court of appeals, or any United States district court, and is in good standing therein, may be admitted to practice before this Court.

Rule 74 also provides two alternate methods of application for admission to practice:

1. By Oral Motion - An attorney may be admitted by completing Parts I, II and III of the "Application for Admission to Practice" form and by appearing personally before a judge of this Court with a sponsor, who is a member of the bar of this Court or the Supreme Court of the United States, who will sign the application, state the applicant's qualifications and move the admission.  In addition, if the sponsoring attorney has known the applicant for less than one year, the applicant must include a certificate of a judge or a clerk of any of the courts specified in Rule 74(a), which was issued no earlier than 30 days prior to the date of the application and which must state that the applicant is a member in good standing of the bar of that court.

OR

2. By Certificate - An attorney may be admitted, without appearing personally, by completing Parts I and III of the "Application for Admission to Practice" form and by filing an original certificate, signed by a judge or the clerk of any of the courts mentioned in the first paragraph of this notice, stating that the applicant is a member in good standing of the bar of that court. The certificate cannot be dated more than 30 days prior to the date of its submission. (A certificate from a bar association is unacceptable.)

When the motion for admission is made or the application by certificate is filed, the applicant must submit the properly completed and signed "Application for Admission to Practice," Form 10, together with the admission fee of $50. Payment may be made by check payable to: Clerk, U.S. Court of International Trade. The applicant will receive a certificate of admission approximately eight weeks after the application is approved.

If you require additional information, please call the Court's Admissions Office at (212) 264-2812.

Tina Potuto Kimble
Clerk of the Court