16-16-7.7. Order of admission and duration.
If the Supreme Court shall find that the applicant is of good moral character and otherwise qualified to practice law, the Court may make an order of admission to be effective upon the filing of the oath of attorney in the office of the clerk. Such admission under this section shall remain in effect until the occurrence of the earliest of the following events:
(1)The announcement by the board of bar examiners of this state that such applicant has passed such examination and the applicant's subsequent admission to practice under §16-16-17, et seq.; or
(2)The termination of applicant's employment with the University of South Dakota law school or a change in the status of applicant's employment from full-time administrator or full-time faculty member to some other status; provided however, that the membership of such member admitted pursuant to §16-16-7.6 will not terminate when the member's employment at the University of South Dakota School of Law terminates if the member has served as a full-time administrator or full-time member of that faculty and been admitted to the bar in South Dakota for a minimum of five of the seven years immediately preceding termination of the employment; or
(3)The termination of applicant's employment with the Unified Judicial System or a change in status of applicant's employment from state court administrator to some other status; or
(4)The termination by the Supreme Court of the applicant's admission under this section.
It shall be the duty of the individual to inform the Supreme Court immediately of the termination or change in status of applicant's employment.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 85-12; Supreme Court Rule 97-47; SL 2008, ch 282 (Supreme Court Rule 07-03), eff. Jan. 1, 2008.