Amendments to the rules and regulations of the

North carolina state bar concerning

the board of law examiners AND THE

TRAINING OF LAW STUDENTS

The Following amendments to the Rules and Regulations and the Certificate of Organization of the North Carolina State Bar were duly adopted by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar at its quarterly meeting on January 24, 2003.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar that Rules and Regulations of the North Carolina State Bar concerning the Board of Law Examiners and the training of law students, as particularly set forth in 27 N.C.A.C. 1C, Section .0100, be amended as follows (additions are underlined, deletions are interlined):

27 N.C.A.C 1C, Section .0100 Board of Law Examiners

Rule .0105, Approval of Law Schools

Every applicant for admission to the N.C. State Bar bar of North Carolina must meet the requirements set out in at least one of the numbered paragraphs below:

(1) The applicant holds an LL.B or J.D., LL.M., or S.J.D. degree from a law school that was approved by the American Bar Association at the time the degree was conferred; or

(2) Prior to August 1995, the applicant received an LL.B, J.D., LL.M, or S.J.D. degree from a law school that was approved by the council of the N.C. State Bar at the time the degree was conferred; or

(3) The applicant holds a professional degree from a foreign law school and an LL.B., J.D., LL.M., or S.J.D. degree from a law school that was approved by the council of the North Carolina State Bar at the time the degree was conferred or a law school which was approved by the American Bar Association at the time the degree was conferred.

(3) Prior to August 2005, the applicant received an LL.M or S.J.D. degree from a law school that was approved by the American Bar Association at the time the degree was conferred.