North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE BAR › Chapter 01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Subchapter D - RULES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR › Section .2600 - CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE IMMIGRATION LAW SPECIALTY › Section 01D .2606 - STANDARDS FOR CONTINUED CERTIFICATION AS A SPECIALIST

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The period of certification is five years. Prior to the
					 expiration of the certification period, a certified specialist who desires
					 continued certification must apply for continued certification within the time
					 limit described in Rule .2606(d) below. No examination will be required for
					 continued certification. However, each applicant for continued certification as
					 a specialist shall comply with the specific requirements set forth below in
					 addition to any general standards required by the board of all applicants for
					 continued certification.
(a)
				  Substantial Involvement - The specialist must demonstrate that, for each of the
				  five years preceding application, he or she has had substantial involvement in
				  the specialty as defined in Rule .2605(b) of this subchapter.
(b) Continuing Legal Education - The
				  specialist must have earned no less than 60 hours of accredited continuing
				  legal education credits in topics relating to immigration law as accredited by
				  the board. At least 30 of the 60 CLE credit hours must be earned during the
				  first three years after certification or recertification, as applicable. Of the
				  60 hours, at least 52 must be in immigration law; the balance may be in the
				  related areas of federal administrative procedure, trial advocacy, evidence,
				  taxation, family law, employment law, and criminal law and procedure.
(c) Peer Review - The applicant must provide,
				  as references, the names of at least six lawyers or judges, all of whom are
				  licensed and currently in good standing to practice law in this state and
				  familiar with the competence and qualification of the applicant as a
				  specialist. For an application to be considered, completed peer reference forms
				  must be received from at least three of the references. All other requirements
				  relative to peer review set forth in Rule .2605(d) of this subchapter apply to
				  this standard.
(d) Time for
				  Application - Application for continued certification shall be made not more
				  than one hundred eighty (l80) days nor less than ninety days prior to the
				  expiration of the prior period of certification.
(e) Lapse of Certification - Failure of a
				  specialist to apply for continued certification in a timely fashion will result
				  in a lapse of certification. Following such lapse, recertification will require
				  compliance with all requirements of Rule .2605 of this subchapter, including
				  the examination.
(f) Suspension or
				  Revocation of Certification - If an applicant's certification has been
				  suspended or revoked during the period of certification, then the application
				  shall be treated as if it were for initial certification under Rule .2605 of
				  this subchapter.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 84-23;
Adopted by the Supreme
					 Court March 6, 1997;
Amendments Approved by the Supreme Court:
					 October 2, 2014; March 27, 2019.