Section 1. Persons who are graduates of an American Bar Association approved law school, have been lawfully admitted to practice and are in good standing on active status by a reciprocal state, and have engaged in the actual and continuous practice of law under the supervision and subject to the disciplinary requirements of a reciprocal state bar association or supreme court for at least three of five years immediately preceding application for admission under this Rule. The years of practice earned under the supervision and subject to the disciplinary requirements of multiple reciprocal states may be combined. “Practice of Law” shall not be required to occur outside of Oklahoma providing that practice of law within this state did not include work that, as undertaken, would constitute unauthorized practice of law.

Section 2. Applicant shall provide at his or her own expense a report by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

Section 3. Applications must be upon forms prescribed by the Board of Bar Examiners.

Section 4. It is the purpose of this rule to grant reciprocity to qualified judges and lawyers from other reciprocal states and to secure for Oklahoma judges and lawyers like privileges. If the former state of the applicant permits the admission of Oklahoma judges and lawyers upon motion but their rules are more stringent, and exacting and contain other limitations, restrictions or conditions of admission, the admission of applicant shall be governed by their rules which would apply to an applicant from Oklahoma seeking admission to the bar in the applicant's former state.

If the former state of the applicant permits the admission of Oklahoma judges and lawyers upon motion, but the fees required to be paid are higher, the applicant shall-pay the same fees which would apply to an applicant from Oklahoma seeking admission to the bar in the applicant's former state.

If the applicant's actual and continuous practice for the past three of five years is from a nonreciprocal state that does not grant Oklahoma judges and lawyers the right of admission on motion, the professional experience from the former state will not be considered, and any professional experience from a nonreciprocal state cannot be combined with the professional experience from a reciprocal state to meet the requisite three of five years of actual and continuous practice.

Section 5. A person who is the current spouse of a service member in the United States Uniformed Services and who meets the following requirements may, upon motion, apply to the Supreme Court for a Special Temporary Permit to be admitted to the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma, without the requirement of taking an examination, if the applicant would otherwise be fully qualified to take the bar examination in Oklahoma under the rules of the Supreme Court. An applicant shall:

Upon termination of the military status of either the dependent or the service member; or, in the event of a military transfer outside the State of Oklahoma, the right of such person to practice law in the State of Oklahoma shall terminate unless such person shall have been admitted to practice law in the State of Oklahoma. If an applicant under this section should seek to gain admission to Oklahoma without examination, they must comply with Section 1 of Rule Two.

A person admitted under this section will not incur an application fee pursuant to Rule Seven (f) of these rules.

Any person admitted under this section must comply with the Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association as set forth in Title 5, Chapter 1, Appendix 1, Article 2, Section 5.

Any person admitted under this section will be subject to the provisions of Rule Ten of these rules.

Section 6. Grandfather Clause. All special temporary permits granted under Rule 2 before December 1, 2021, shall continue under those same terms and conditions. Once the temporary permit terminates, the applicant cannot renew that permit and must seek admission to practice under the rules governing admission to the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma as amended on December 1, 2021.