Admission to Practice R.
1. an affidavit stating:B. The Board shall investigate the applicant's application and its sufficiency, including the moral character of the applicant. In its investigation of the applicant's application the Board shall give consideration to the following factors:a. if the applicant has not been licensed for a period of less than two years, that the applicant has received 15 hours of approved or approvable course work in Continuing Legal Education, one hour of which shall be in the area of ethics or course work commonly considered professional responsibility, in the2. certification of admission to practice by the admitting authority in each jurisdiction where the applicant has been admitted to the bar;year18-month period immediately preceding the application;
b. if the applicant has not been licensed for a period of more than two years but less than three years, that the applicant has received 30 hours of approved or approvable course work in Continuing Legal Education, two hours of which shall be in the area of ethics or course work commonly considered professional responsibility, during thetwo years30-month period immediately preceding the application;or
c. if the applicant has not been licensed for a period of three or more years, that the applicant has received 45 hours of approved or approvable course work in Continuing Legal Education, three hours of which shall be in the area of ethics or course work commonly considered professional responsibility, during thethree years42-month period immediately preceding the application; or
d. if the applicant is not licensed, voluntarily or involuntarily, due to noncompliance with the continuing legal education requirement of the North Dakota Rules for Continuing Legal Education, that the applicant has received 45 hours of approved or approvable course work in Continuing Legal Education, three hours of which shall be in the area of ethics or course work commonly considered professional responsibility, during the 42-month period immediately preceding the application.
3. certification by theattorneylawyer disciplinary authority in each jurisdiction where the applicant has been admitted to the bar that there are not prior or pending proceedings of disbarment or suspension of the applicant's license to practice law against the applicant in that jurisdiction, and that any client protection funds disbursed on the lawyer’s behalf have been reimbursed by the lawyer.
4. an affidavit containing the following information:a. the specific dates of nonlicensure in North Dakota;5. payment of a licensure investigation fee set by the Board.
b. the applicant's reasons for not seeking a license to practice law in North Dakota during the period identified in a.; and
c. the applicant's employment and legal activities during the period identified in a.; and
1. the applicant's work experience during the period of nonlicensure in North Dakota;C. If the Board determines that the applicant's legal experience during the nonlicensure does not demonstrate sufficient competency in the practice of law, it shall require the applicant to take a
2. the length of time during which the applicant did not secure a license to practice law in North Dakota;
3. the applicant's continued licensure in another jurisdiction during the period of nonlicensure in North Dakota;4. the number of hours of approved or approvable course work in Continuing Legal Education received during the period of nonlicensure in North Dakota; and, if the applicant has been previously licensed in North Dakota, the number of hours of approved or approvable course work in CLE received during the three year period preceding the period of nonlicensure.