Opinion
DECIDED: MARCH 16, 2007
The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment.
It is ordered that the order of the Court issued on February 7, 2007, is vacated and a new order passed:
It is ordered that Part C, Section 2 (g) and (h) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Georgia be amended by striking subsection (g) and relettering subsection (h) as subsection (g), effective February 7, 2007, to read as follows:
(g) Has received certification of Fitness to Practice Law in Georgia from the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants.
It is further ordered that Part D, Section 2 (e) and (f) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Georgia be amended by changing the language of subsection (e) and striking subsection (f), to read as follows:
(e) Has never taken and failed the Georgia Bar Examination or the Georgia Attorneys' Examination;
. . .
It is further ordered that Part E, Section 1 and Section (4) (a) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Georgia be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. General Regulation as to Licensing of Foreign Law Consultants
Section 4. (a) A person licensed to practice as a foreign law consultant under this Rule may render legal services in this State subject, however, to the limitations that he or she shall not: . . .