RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR Rule 202.2. Limited Permission to Practice as Foreign Legal Consultant

• Jurisdiction: United States

Rule 202.2. Limited Permission to Practice as Foreign Legal Consultant

(a) General Provisions. A lawyer who is a member in good standing of a recognized legal profession in a foreign country in which the members of the legal profession are admitted to practice as lawyers or counselors at law or the equivalent and are subject to effective regulation and discipline by a duly constituted professional body or public authority whose background and credentials may be effectively assessed, and who will have a systematic and continuous presence in the Virgin Islands, may apply for a Virgin Islands Certificate of Limited Practice as a Foreign Legal Consultant. Any individual who is not an active member of the Virgin Islands Bar who practices as a foreign legal consultant without applying, and ultimately being granted, a Virgin Islands Certificate of Limited Practice as a Foreign Legal Consultant:

i. shall be subject to professional discipline in the Virgin Islands, including for the unauthorized practice of law;
ii. may be deemed ineligible to apply for admission to the Virgin Islands Bar; and
iii. may be referred by the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, the Board on Professional Responsibility, or the Board on Unauthorized Practice of Law to the disciplinary authority of another jurisdiction, United States or foreign, in which the individual is licensed to practice law.

(b) Application. An applicant for a Virgin Islands Certificate of Limited Practice as a Foreign Legal Consultant shall:

(1) File under oath the Supreme Court's form application for a Virgin Islands Certificate of Limited Practice as a Foreign Legal Consultant. The clerk shall open a bar admissions file for each application, assign a case number, and refer the application to the Director of Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court, who shall coordinate the processing of the application with the Committee of Bar Examiners.
(2) Pay a fee of $500.00, of which $100.00 shall be retained by the clerk as a filing fee and the remaining $400.00 remitted to the Committee of Bar Examiners to defray the local costs of investigations and administration. Applicants shall submit two checks or money orders, one for $100.00 payable to the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the other $400.00 payable to the Committee of Bar Examiners.
(3) File a certificate of good standing or comparable document from the professional body or public authority having final jurisdiction over professional

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