Legal Opinion
In Re Baker
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 14, 1990No. 88-223PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
Robert Baker applied for admission to the Bar of the District of Columbia on December 2, 1985, pursuant to Rule 46(c)(3)(i) of the Rules of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which permits an active membér in good standing for five *677years of the bar of another jurisdiction to be admitted without examination upon a showing of good moral character as it relates to the practice of law. The Committee on Admissions (“Committee”) initially declined to certify his application for admission on grounds that he had not been actively engaged in the practice of law for five…
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