{"id":397,"date":"2021-02-22T20:13:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2021-02-22T20:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:13:23","slug":"california-supreme-court-approves-expansion-of-provisional-licensure-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2021\/02\/22\/california-supreme-court-approves-expansion-of-provisional-licensure-program\/","title":{"rendered":"California Supreme Court Approves Expansion of Provisional Licensure Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Juan M. Villalvazo<\/h3>\n<p>On January 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of California issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/BBJ6-5CGQ\">order<\/a> approving the State Bar of California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/AT8B-STK8\">proposed amendments<\/a> to Rules 9.49 and 9.49.1 of the California Rules of Court to expand the Provisional Licensure Program to include applicants who received a score between 1390 and 1439 on any California Bar Examination administered between February 2020 and July 2015. \u00a0The program, which <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/Z7YS-MN5Z\">officially launched<\/a> on November 17, 2020, permits qualified applicants to be admitted to practice law in California without having to retake the Bar exam if they complete 300 hours of supervised practice. The Court approved the Bar\u2019s initial proposal with respect to the Provisional Licensure Program on October 22, 2020 in <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/YV5D-NHX9\">Administrative Order 2020-10-21-01<\/a>, which only granted eligibility to individuals who became eligible to sit for the California Bar Examination between December 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020. \u00a0Provisionally licensed lawyers can engage in the same activities that a fully licensed lawyer is permitted to engage in, under their supervising lawyer\u2019s direct supervision and subject to certain restrictions<\/p>\n<p>According to a January 8, 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/7CWJ-RUQ3\">memo<\/a> from Board of Trustees member and Chair of the Provisional Licensure Working Group, Hailyn Chen, to the Members of the Board of Trustees Executive Committee, the State Bar estimates that more than 2,000 applicants could be eligible for the alternative licensing program under the newly-expanded program\u2014which roughly twice the number who had applied to the program to that point. The Bar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/D8FM-5PZB\">website<\/a> advises that applications for the expanded program will be available in the Applicant Portal no later than March 1, 2021, and must be submitted no later than May 31, 2021. The program will terminate on June 1, 2022, unless extended by the Court.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPILUSD\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpilusd\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Juan M. Villalvazo On January 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of California issued an order approving the State Bar of California\u2019s proposed amendments to Rules 9.49 and 9.49.1 of the California Rules of Court to expand the Provisional Licensure <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2021\/02\/22\/california-supreme-court-approves-expansion-of-provisional-licensure-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132941,132942],"tags":[15822,136779,132886,136710],"coauthors":[132864],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-of-bar-examiners","category-major-projects-committee-of-bar-examiners","tag-bar-exam","tag-provisional-license","tag-state-bar","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>California Supreme Court Approves Expansion of Provisional Licensure Program - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2021\/02\/22\/california-supreme-court-approves-expansion-of-provisional-licensure-program\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California Supreme Court Approves Expansion of Provisional Licensure Program - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Juan M. 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