Opinion ID: 3163860
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Heading: Documents Required

Text: The applicant must furnish the following documents with the application, in addition to any other information that may be required: 1. a copy of the certification of moral character and fitness by the Commission on Character and Fitness; 2. a transcript authenticated by and sent from a law school formally accredited by the American Bar Association evidencing the applicant’s graduation with a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws and Letters degree from the law school; 3. a certificate of admission, currently valid license to practice law, or certificate of good standing from each jurisdiction in which the applicant is admitted; 13 4. a letter from the grievance or disciplinary entity of each state, district, territory, protectorate, province, or foreign country in which the applicant is admitted indicating that there are no pending disciplinary complaints or charges against the applicant; 5. a certificate from the highest court in each jurisdiction relied upon by the applicant to satisfy the active practice of law durational requirements in this Rule certifying that: a. the applicant has been admitted to engage in the active practice of law in that jurisdiction for at least five of the seven years immediately preceding the date of the certificate; b. the applicant is in good standing in the bar of that jurisdiction and has not been disbarred or placed under disciplinary suspension, or has not resigned from that bar while under disciplinary investigation; c. the applicant is not the subject of any pending disciplinary complaints or proceedings in that jurisdiction; and d. if the applicant had been suspended or disbarred, that the applicant has been duly reinstated; and 6. the applicant’s affidavit providing a detailed description of the applicant’s active practice of law for the required durational period in each applicable jurisdiction and how the practice satisfied the active practice requirement of this Rule.