Ind. Admission & Discipline Rule 6.1

Effective August 1, 2026

Section 1. Temporary License

A person admitted to practice law in the highest court of law in any other state (as defined in

Rule 6, Section 1) who is in good standing and has no pending disciplinary proceedings in

each jurisdiction of admission may be granted a temporary license to practice law in Indiana

if the person has applied for admission to the Indiana bar (by examination, by transferred

Uniform Bar Examination score, or by admission without examination) and meets one of the

following qualifications:

(a) The person is employed as a full-time faculty member at an ABA-approved law school

in Indiana and is supervising law students in a clinical program of that law school;

(b) The person is employed by a legal services organization or public defender office that

provides legal assistance free of charge to persons of limited means;

(c) The person offers pro bono services free of charge to persons of limited means

through a legal services organization or public defender office;

(d) The person is employed full-time as an attorney for the Indiana Department of Child

Services providing litigation services in child welfare cases; or

(e) The person is employed full-time as a deputy prosecutor.

Section 2. Conditions and Limitations on Practice Under Temporary

License

(a) All legal work performed under Section 1 of this rule must be performed under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice in Indiana.

(b) Except as otherwise authorized by these rules, a person authorized to practice under this

rule shall not perform any legal services in Indiana except as provided in Section 1 and shall

not request or accept compensation for services except such salary as may be provided by

the legal services organization, public defender office, Indiana Department of Child Services,

prosecutor’s office, or law school.

(c) The temporary license issued under this rule shall expire on the earliest of the following

dates:

(1) the date the person is admitted to the Indiana bar;

(2) the date the person’s application for the Indiana bar is denied for any reason, including

but not limited to failing to achieve a passing score on a qualifying bar examination or failing to satisfy character and fitness or other eligibility requirements;

(3) two years after the date the temporary license is issued.

(d) At any time while a person’s application for admission to the Indiana bar is pending, the

Board of Law Examiners may petition the Court to revoke the temporary license if the Board

determines that the person no longer meets the requirements for temporary licensure or

temporary licensure no longer is in the public interest.

(e) A person granted a temporary license under this Rule submits to the jurisdiction of the

Supreme Court for disciplinary purposes and agrees to be bound by the Rules of Professional

Conduct adopted by the Indiana Supreme Court.