WSR 22-13-082
RULES OF COURT
STATE SUPREME COURT
[June 9, 2022]
IN THE MATTER OF THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO ADMISSION AND PRACTICE RULE (APR) 5(e) AND APR 28 APPENDIX REGULATION 9
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ORDER
NO. 25700-A-1428
The Limited License Legal Technician Board, having recommended the adoption of the suggested amendments to Admission and Practice Rule (APR) 5(e) and APR 28 Appendix Regulation 9, and the Court having considered the suggested amendments, and having determined that the suggested amendments will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;
Now, therefore, it is hereby
ordered:
(a) That the suggested amendments as shown below are adopted.
(b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9 (j)(1), the suggested amendments will be expeditiously published in the Washington Reports and will become effective upon publication.
dated at Olympia, Washington this 9th day of June, 2022.
 
 
Gonzalez, C.J.
Johnson, J.
 
Gordon McCloud, J.
Madsen, J.
 
Yu, J.
Owens, J.
 
Whitener, J.
Stephens, J.
 
 
RULE 5. PRE-ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS; OATH; RECOMMENDATION FOR ADMISSION; ORDER ADMITTING TO PRACTICE LAW
(a) - (d) Unchanged.
(e) Expiration of Preadmission Requirements. The preadmission requirements must be completed:
(1) Unchanged.
(2) by July 31, 20232, for LLLT applicants;
(3) Unchanged.
(4) Unchanged.
APR 28 APPENDIX. REGULATIONS OF THE APR 28 LIMITED PRACTICE LEGAL TECHNICIAN BOARD
REGULATIONS 1 – 8 Unchanged.
REGULATION 9: SUBSTANTIVE LAW-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT
Each applicant for licensure as a limited license legal technician shall show proof of having completed 1,500 hours of substantive law-related work experience supervised by a licensed lawyer as required by APR 5(c). The experience requirement shall be completed no more than three years before and 40 months after the date of the LLLT practice area examination that the applicant passed and must be completed by July 31, 20232. The proof shall be provided in such form as the Bar requires, but shall include at a minimum:
1. - 4. Unchanged.