Rule 7.3 - Qualification procedures for law-student interns(a) For a law-student intern engaged in a clinical program or a law practicum, the supervising attorney must, before the law-student intern is authorized to practice, file at the supreme court the following documents: (1) a declaration from the supervising attorney, containing the attorney's bar number, business address, telephone number, and email address, acknowledging the duties imposed by this Rule;(2) a declaration from the law-student intern, demonstrating the lawstudent intern fulfills the criteria set forth in Rule 7.2(a) of this Rule; and(3) a signed oath administered as set forth in Rule 7.9 of this Rule. Authority to practice shall commence the day after the filing date of the last document filed.
(b) The supervising attorney must inform the client that the law-student intern is performing supervised work for the client and obtain the client's signed, written consent to the law-student intern's supervised work. Exclusively in the case of a government office or agency, or a state or local political subdivision, the consenting "client" would be the relevant attorney general, executive director, chairperson, chief counsel, or prosecuting attorney.Renumbered September 1984; amended October 27, 1989, effective 11/1/1989, subject to transitional orders; further amended February 7, 1992, effective 2/7/1992; further amended December 6, 1993, effective 1/1/1994; amended July 27, 2023, effective 7/27/2023.