COMMISSION ON MULTIJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE
About the Commission
On August 12, 2002, the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted all nine recommendations contained in the Commission's Final Report.
Final Reports, as adopted August 12, 2002
- Introduction and Overview
- Report 201A (Regulation of the Practice of Law by the Judiciary)
- Report 201B (Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law)
- Report 201C (Disciplinary Authority)
- Report 201D (Reciprocal Discipline)
- Report 201E (Interstate Disciplinary Enforcement)
- Report 201F (Pro Hac Vice Admission)
- Report 201G (Admission on Motion)
- Report 201H (Licensing of Legal Consultant) *
- Report 201J (Temporary Practice by Foreign Lawyers)
- MJP Commission Report as adopted available in the Word version or the PDF version.
* This Model Rule was amended by the American Bar Association House of Delegates in August 2006 and is now known as the ABA Model Rule for the Licensing and Practice of Foreign Legal Consultants.
MJP Reports and Documents
June 2002 Report of the Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice
Interim Report and Appendices of the Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice, November 2001
Transcripts/Discussions of Public Hearings
- Articles
- Report: Assisting Clients with Multi-State and Interstate Legal Problems: The Need to Bring the Professional Regulation of Lawyers into the 21st Century
Comments on Commission Drafts
Comments on June 2002 MJP Report and Recommendation
- ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
- Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Conference of Chief Justices
- Department of Defense
- Department of the Army
- Energy Bar Association
- Federal Communications Bar Association
- Missouri Bar, The
- New York State Bar Association
- Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners
Comments on Multijurisdictional Practice Interim Report November 30, 2001
Written Comments/Position Papers (Prior to Interim Report dated November 30, 2001)
Commission Information
Charts on State Adoption of MJP Recommendations
- Quick Guide chart on State Adoption of Rule 5.5
- Quick Guide chart on State Adoption of Rule 8.5
- Quick Guide chart on State Adoption of MJP Recommendations 8 and 9
- Chart on State Implementation of MJP Recommendations
In-house counsel
Admission by Motion Pro Hac Vice Admission Foreign Legal Consultants- Chart with State Foreign Legal Consultant Rules
- Comparison of Foreign Legal Consultant Rules
- Statistics
showing the number of Foreign Legal Consultants newly admitted
to U.S. states
