The Illinois State Bar Association’s Board of Governors approved a Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion on October 23 during its regularly scheduled Board meeting.

The opinion addresses how a non-Illinois licensed lawyer can work at an Illinois law firm while applying for admission to the Illinois bar.

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An out-of-state lawyer who is applying for admission in Illinois may work as a lawyer, from an office in Illinois, on cases in state and federal courts to which she is already admitted to practice, as long as those state and federal jurisdictions permit such practice. The lawyer also may work on Illinois legal matters under appropriate supervision, with disclosure that she is not admitted to practice in Illinois.