§ Rule 11-1.3 Requirements and Limitations

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Rule 11-1.3. Requirements and Limitations

    In order to make an appearance pursuant to this chapter, the law student must:

    (a) have registered with the Florida Board of Bar Examiners as a certified legal intern registrant; have paid the $75 fee for such registration if the registration is completed within the first 250 days of the registrant's law school education or $150 if the registration is filed after the 250-day deadline; and have received a letter of clearance as to character and fitness from the Florida Board of Bar Examiners; any fee paid under this subdivision shall be deducted from the applicable application fee should the certified legal intern registrant subsequently decide to apply for admission to The Florida Bar;

    (b) be duly enrolled in the United States in, and appearing as part of a law school practice program of, a law school approved by the American Bar Association;

    (c) have completed legal studies amounting to at least 4 semesters or 6 quarters for which the student has received not less than 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours of academic credit or the equivalent if the school is on some other basis;

    (d) be certified by the dean of the student's law school as being of good character and competent legal ability and as being adequately trained to perform as a legal intern in a law school practice program;

    (e) be introduced to the court in which the student is appearing by an attorney admitted to practice in that court;

    (f) neither ask for nor receive any compensation or remuneration of any kind for the student's services from the person on whose behalf the student renders services, but this shall not prevent a state attorney, public defender, legal aid organization, or state officer or governmental entity from paying compensation to the eligible law student (nor shall it prevent any of the foregoing from making such charge for its services as it may otherwise require); and

    (g) certify in writing that the student has read and is familiar with the Rules of Professional Conduct as adopted by this court and will abide by the provisions thereof.