Certificate of Good Standing (CGS)

If you are a foreign-trained applicant applying under Rule 13(3)(a) or 13(4), you must upload a certificate of good standing from one state or foreign jurisdiction where you are licensed or authorized to practice law. This CGS must be issued within 30 days of the date that you submit this application. After you upload this document to your ATLAS account, keep the original—you must mail it to us upon request.

If you are a foreign-trained applicant applying under Rule 13(3)(c), you must upload a certificate of good standing from a foreign common law jurisdiction where you are licensed or authorized to practice law. This CGS must be issued within 30 days of the date that you submit this application. After you upload this document to your ATLAS account, keep the original—you must mail it to us upon request.

Practice Requirement

If you received a J.D. from a non-ABA approved U.S. law school and you are applying under Rule 13(2), or if you are a foreign-trained applicant who does not have an LL.M. and you are applying under Rule 13(3)(a), then you must document that you have been actively and substantially engaged in the lawful practice of law for at least 3 of the last 5 years immediately preceding the submission of this application. You do not need to provide any documentation that you provided with earlier applications, but, depending on your situation, you may need to provide new documentation of recent practice in order to document that you have been actively and substantially engaged in the lawful practice of law for at least 3 of the last 5 years immediately preceding the submission of this application.