Conn. Practice Book § 2-13

(a) Any member of the bar of another state

or territory of the United States or the District of

Columbia, who, after satisfying the bar examining

committee that his or her educational qualifications are such as would entitle him or her to take

the examination in Connecticut, and that (i) at

least one jurisdiction in which he or she is a member of the bar is reciprocal to Connecticut in that

it would admit a member of the bar of Connecticut

to its bar without examination under provisions

similar to those set out in this section or (ii) he or

she is a full-time faculty member or full-time clinical fellow at an accredited Connecticut law school

and admitted in a reciprocal or nonreciprocal jurisdiction, shall satisfy the committee that he or she:

(1) is of good moral character, is fit to practice

law, and has either passed an examination in professional responsibility or has completed a course

in professional responsibility in accordance with

the regulations of the committee;

(2) has been duly licensed to practice law before

the highest court of a reciprocal state or territory

of the United States or in the District of Columbia

if reciprocal to Connecticut, or that he or she is a

full-time faculty member or full-time clinical fellow

at an accredited Connecticut law school and

admitted in a reciprocal or nonreciprocal jurisdiction and (A) has lawfully engaged in the practice

of law as the applicant’s principal means of livelihood for at least five of the ten years immediately

preceding the date of the application and is in

good standing, or (B) if the applicant has taken

the bar examinations of Connecticut and failed to

pass them, the applicant has lawfully engaged in

the practice of law as his or her principal means

of livelihood for at least five of the ten years immediately preceding the date of the application and

is in good standing, provided that such five years

of practice shall have occurred subsequent to the

applicant’s last failed Connecticut examination;

and

(3) is a citizen of the United States or an alien

lawfully residing in the United States, which shall

include an individual authorized to work lawfully in

the United States, may be admitted as an attorney

without examination upon application and the

payment of such fee as the committee shall from

time to time determine, upon compliance with the

following requirements. Such application shall be

filed with the director of the committee and shall

set forth the applicant’s qualifications as hereinbefore provided, and shall certify whether such applicant has a grievance pending against him or her,

has ever been reprimanded, suspended, placed

on inactive status, disbarred, or has ever resigned

from the practice of law and, if so, setting forth

the circumstances concerning such action. The

following recommendations shall be filed by the

person making the recommendation:

(A) recommendations from two attorneys who

personally know the applicant certifying to his or

her good moral character and fitness to practice

law and supporting, to the satisfaction of the committee, his or her practice of law as defined under

subdivision (2) of this subsection; and

(B) recommendations from two members of the

bar of Connecticut of at least five years’ standing,

certifying that the applicant is of good moral character and is fit to practice law.

(b) For the purpose of this rule, the ‘‘practice

of law’’ shall include the following activities, if performed after the date of the applicant’s admission

to the jurisdiction in which the activities were performed, or if performed in a jurisdiction that permits such activity by a lawyer not admitted to

practice:

(1) representation of one or more clients in the

practice of law;

(2) service as a lawyer with a state, federal, or

territorial agency, including military services;

(3) teaching law at an accredited law school,

including supervision of law students within a clinical program;

(4) service as a judge in a state, federal, or

territorial court of record;

(5) service as a judicial law clerk;

(6) service as authorized house counsel;

(7) service as authorized house counsel in Connecticut before July 1, 2008, or while certified pursuant to Section 2-15A; or

(8) any combination of the above.