Haw. Sup. Ct. R. 1.7

(a) Full-time active duty officers. A full-time active duty military officer serving in the office of the Staff Judge Advocate of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard or in the Naval Legal Service Office (hereafter "uniformed service judge advocate"), who has been admitted to practice by the highest court of another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States, whose license to practice in that jurisdiction is active, and who is a graduate of a law school approved by the American Bar Association Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar may apply for limited admission and be accorded limited admission without examination. In all other respects the application shall be made adjudged, and conditioned as provided by Rules 1.3(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h) and (i), 1.4 and 1.5 of this Rule 1.

(b) Term limitation; extensions. The term of admission under this rule shall be limited to a period of 4 years. The term may be extended one time at the request of the Staff Judge Advocate or the Commanding Officer, Naval Legal Service Office, provided the uniformed service judge advocate has not been disciplined under Rule 2 of these rules. The license shall expire at the end of the 4 year term or any extension thereof or when the uniformed service judge advocate admitted under this Rule 1.7 ends active duty service in Hawaiʻi. The license admitting such uniform service judge advocate shall be in the form provided by Rule 1.6 herein, except that the words "engage in limited military" shall be inserted between the words "to" and "practice" in the phrase ". . . hereby licensed to practice in all the courts of the State. . ." so that the phrase reads ". . . hereby licensed to engage in limited military practice in all the courts of the State. . . ."

(c) Client and compensation limitation. Uniform service judge advocates admitted pursuant to this Rule 1.7 may represent only active duty military personnel in enlisted grades E-1 through E-5 and their dependents to the extent such representation is permitted by the Staff Judge Advocate or the Commanding Officer, Naval Legal Service Office. Uniformed service judge advocates admitted pursuant to this Rule 1.7 may not demand or receive any compensation from clients in addition to usual military pay already received.

(d) Discipline; dues. Uniform service judge advocates admitted pursuant to this Rule 1.7 shall be subject to discipline under Rule 2, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaiʻi, may claim to be employed full-time by the United States Government for purposes of assessment of dues and fees, and shall be required to pay dues, fees, and charges imposed on bar applicants and attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Hawaiʻi, except the character check from the National Conference of Bar Examiners shall not be required.

(Amended April 18, 2011, effective July 1, 2011.)