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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-210" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Admission to Bar">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant who is a member of the bar of another state may become a member of the Bar of this State if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is of good character and reputation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides adequate evidence that, for at least 5 of the 7 years immediately before applying for admission to the Bar, the applicant was practicing law or teaching law or was a judge;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pays the application fee set by the Supreme Court of Maryland; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>passes an examination given by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Supreme Court of Maryland may adopt rules to govern:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the content and administration of an examination given under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the determination of the character and reputation of applicants; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other matter necessary to provide for the admission to the Bar of applicants under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
