Wyo. State Bar R. 9

(a) Purpose of rule. The bench and the bar are primarily responsible for

providing competent legal service for all persons, including those unable to pay

for these services. This rule is adopted as one means to assist practicing

attorneys to provide such services and to encourage clinical instruction by the

College of Law of the University of Wyoming in various legal work.

(b) Definitions.

(1) A “clinical law program,” for purposes of these Rules, is a program in

which law students qualified pursuant to this rule receive instruction

regarding law practice and engage in limited practice of law under the

supervision of an attorney.

(2) “Eligible law student” means a person who is duly enrolled (or is in the

period between semesters and in good standing) in a law school accredited by

the American Bar Association and has completed at least two semesters of

full-time study, or is a graduate thereof during the time prior to announcement of the results of the first bar examination given after such graduation;

and

(A) has been certified by the dean or designee of the law school as being

of good academic standing and to be of good character and competent legal

ability;

(B) has filed an affidavit with the Wyoming Supreme Court that the

student will comply with the ethical standards set forth in the Rules of

Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law; and

(C) has been identified as a student and accepted in writing by the

client.

(3) “Indigent person” means the person to be represented shall meet the

income-and-asset criteria within the poverty guidelines of the Wyoming

Center for Legal Aid.

(4) “Supervising attorney” means

(A) if supervising a case in any court, agency, or administrative tribunal

of the State of Wyoming, a member of the Wyoming State Bar or a law

school clinic supervising attorney not a member of the Wyoming State Bar

but certified pursuant to the provisions of these Rules; or

(B) if supervising a case in any court, agency, or tribunal of the United

States or another state of the United States, an international tribunal, or

court or agency of another country, an attorney allowed to practice under

the rules governing practice before that tribunal in which representation

is provided.

(5) “Limited practice of law” means advising others and taking action for

them in matters connected with law so long as the actions are guided by a

supervising attorney as defined by these rules or the rules of the tribunal in

which representation is provided. It includes preparation of legal instruments and acting or proceeding for another before judges, courts, tribunals,

commissioners, boards or other governmental agencies.

(c) Duties of Supervising Attorney. Any attorney who supervises a student

shall:

(1) assume personal professional responsibility for and supervision of the

student’s work;

(2) assist the student to the extent necessary to ensure that the student’s

participation is effective on behalf of any client represented;

(3) sign all pleadings, briefs, and other documents prepared for a case and

delivered to any tribunal for which representation is provided pursuant to

these rules;

(4) appear with the student in all trials and administrative hearings, but

the designated supervising attorney need not be personally present in court

in other matters, civil or criminal, when the client consents thereto in

writing and with approval of the court in which the matter is pending;

(5) appear with the student at all other proceedings unless the attorney

deems his or her personal appearance unnecessary to assure proper supervision. This authorization shall be made in writing and shall be available to

the judge or other official conducting the proceedings upon request; and

(6) be present in court in any criminal matter in which the client has the

right to the assignment of counsel under any constitutional provision,

statute, or rule of this court.

(7) A supervising attorney other than a law school clinic supervising

attorney shall not supervise more than three (3) students at any time.

(d) Law school clinic supervising attorneys. A law school clinic supervising

attorney not a member of the Wyoming State Bar but certified pursuant to the

provisions of this rule may appear as a lawyer, solely in connection with

supervision of a clinical law program approved by the dean and faculty of the

College of Law of the University of Wyoming, in any court or before any

administrative tribunal in this state on behalf of any person, if the person on

whose behalf he is appearing has indicated in writing his consent to that

appearance. Such written consent shall be filed in the record of the case and

shall be brought to the attention of the judge of the court or the presiding

officer of the administrative tribunal.

(1) Requirements and limitations. In order to make an appearance as a

lawyer pursuant to this rule, the law school clinic supervising attorney must:

(A) Be duly employed as a faculty member of the College of Law of the

University of Wyoming for the purpose, inter alia, of instructing and

supervising a clinical law program approved by the dean and faculty of the

law school;

(B) Be a member in good standing of the Wyoming State Bar or the bar

of another jurisdiction;

(C) Neither ask nor receive any compensation or remuneration of any

kind for his services from the person on whose behalf he renders services;

and

(D) Certify in writing that he has read and is familiar with the

Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, the rules of this Court and the

Wyoming statutes relating to the conduct of lawyers.

(2) Certification of law school clinic supervising attorneys.

(A) The certification of a law school clinic supervising attorney by the

dean of the College of Law of the University of Wyoming shall be filed with

the clerk of the Supreme Court and with the Wyoming State Bar and shall

remain in effect until withdrawn.

(B) A law school clinic supervising attorney certification:

(i) May be withdrawn by the dean of the College of Law at any time

by filing a notice to that effect with the clerk of the Supreme Court who

shall forthwith mail copies thereof to the law school clinic supervising

attorney. It is not necessary that the notice state the cause for withdrawal;

(ii) May be terminated by the Supreme Court at any time without

cause and without notice or hearing. Notice of the termination shall be

filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court and with the Wyoming State

Bar; and

(iii) May procedures otherwise provided by law or court rules governing the discipline of lawyers shall not be applicable to the termination of

the certification of a law school clinic supervising attorney pursuant to

this rule. Termination of certification shall be without prejudice to the

privilege of the individual to make application for admission to the

Wyoming State Bar

(3) Applicability of rules. The rules of law and of evidence relating to

privileged communications between attorney and client shall govern communications made or received by individuals certified under the provisions

of this rule. All persons participating in a program of instruction pursuant to

which an individual is certified under this rule are enjoined not to disclose

privileged or confidential communications whether in the implementation of

a course of instruction or otherwise.

(e) Limited practice by law students. An eligible law student may engage, as

an intern, in the limited practice of law if:

(1) The person to be represented consents in writing to legal assistance to

be provided by the student; and

(2) the law student is under the general supervision of an active member

of the Wyoming State Bar (when the student is an intern with any entity, the

supervising lawyer shall be specified); or

(3) the law student is under the supervision of a law school clinic

supervising attorney, under the following conditions:

(A) The student is certified as outlined subsection (4) below;

(B) The person to be represented shall be indigent as defined in section

(b)(3) of this Rule or who, because of limited financial ability or the nature

of the claim, would be unlikely to obtain legal representation, or any

non-profit organization if the client or non-profit organization has consented in writing to that appearance or representation; and

(C) Neither the student nor the law school clinic supervising attorney

shall ask for or receive any compensation or remuneration of any kind for

the services rendered to the indigent, except that law school clinic

supervising attorneys may receive their regular pay from the University of

Wyoming College of Law.

(4) Certification of eligible law students.

(A) Certification by the dean or designee of the law school of the

student’s good academic standing, good character and competent legal

ability shall be filed with the Supreme Court. The dean or designee of the

law school shall promptly notify the Supreme Court of any changes

affecting the certification

(B) The certification shall remain in effect until the date of the first bar

examination following the student’s graduation, and as to a student taking

that examination, until the announcement of the results thereof. For any

student who passes that examination, the approval shall continue in effect

for three months after the date of examination or until the date of his

admission to the bar, whichever is sooner. The certification shall terminate

if withdrawn by the dean or designee or ordered by the Supreme Court.

(f) Withdrawal of certification. Certification by the dean or designee of the

law school or by a supervising lawyer under whom a student is studying

pursuant to Wyo.Stat.Ann. § 33-5-105 (1977) may be withdrawn without cause

upon notice of such to the Supreme Court; and the Supreme Court may

terminate the practice of law by any student at any time without hearing or

showing of cause.