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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

1167 

of that court evidencing the applicant’s admission to practice 
there  and  the  applicant’s  current  good  standing,  and  (2)  a 
completely executed copy of the form approved by this Court 
and furnished by the Clerk containing (a) the applicant’s per­
sonal  statement,  and  (b)  the  statement  of  two  sponsors  en­
dorsing  the correctness  of  the applicant’s  statement,  stating 
that  the  applicant  possesses  all  the  qualiﬁcations  required 
for  admission,  and  afﬁrming  that  the  applicant  is  of  good 
moral  and  professional  character.  Both  sponsors  must  be 
members  of the  Bar of  this Court  who personally  know, but 
are not related to, the applicant. 

3.  If the documents submitted demonstrate that the appli­
cant  possesses  the  necessary  qualiﬁcations,  and  if  the  appli­
cant has signed the oath or afﬁrmation and paid the required 
fee,  the  Clerk  will  notify  the  applicant  of  acceptance  by  the 
Court  as  a  member  of  the  Bar  and  issue  a  certiﬁcate  of  ad­
mission.  An  applicant  who  so  wishes  may  be  admitted  in 
open  court  on  oral  motion  by  a  member  of  the  Bar  of  this 
Court,  provided  that  all  other  requirements  for  admission 
have been satisﬁed. 

4.  Each applicant shall sign the following oath or afﬁrma­
tion:  I,  ...............,  do  solemnly  swear  (or  afﬁrm)  that  as  an 
attorney and as a counselor of this Court, I will conduct my­
self  uprightly  and  according  to  law,  and  that  I  will  support 
the Constitution of the United States. 

5.  The fee for admission to the Bar and a certiﬁcate bear­
ing the seal of the Court is $200, payable to the United States 
Supreme  Court.  The  Marshal  will  deposit  such  fees  in  a 
separate fund to be disbursed by the Marshal at the direction 
of the Chief Justice for the costs of admissions, for the beneﬁt 
of the Court and its Bar, and for related purposes. 

6.  The  fee  for  a  duplicate  certiﬁcate  of  admission  to  the 
Bar  bearing  the  seal  of  the  Court  is  $15,  and  the  fee  for  a 
certiﬁcate  of  good  standing  is  $10,  payable  to  the  United 
States Supreme Court.  The proceeds will be maintained by 
the Marshal as provided in paragraph 5 of this Rule.