1. Definitions. For purposes of these rules:
   1. "notice" means notice sent to the person affected by such action which shall be effective upon placing the document or letter in the United States mail;
   2. "MBE" means the Multi-State Bar Examination;
   3. "MPRE" means the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Examination;
   4. "practice of law" means being actively and continuously engaged in full-time, gainful employment in the performance of legal services;
   5. "lawyer" means a person, admitted to a bar, who by education and training may legally perform legal services for others;
   6. "legal service" means advising, advocating or counseling to or for others as to a matter involving law which may not be lawfully performed by a nonlawyer;
   7. "grader" means one who is scholastically, professionally and psychologically qualified to review and grade the essay portions of the bar examination and who is appointed by the Board of Bar Examiners;
   8. "in good standing" means admitted to the bar of another state and:
      1. has not been disbarred;
      2. is not under disciplinary suspension;
      3. has not resigned from the bar of such other state while under disciplinary suspension or while under disciplinary proceedings;
      4. has not been the subject of current or pending disciplinary proceedings; or
      5. if the applicant has been disbarred or suspended, has been duly and fully reinstated;
   9. "serious crime" means:
      1. any felony; or
      2. any lesser crime a necessary element of which, as determined by the statutory or common law definition of such crime, involves:
         1. conduct as an attorney;
         2. interference with the administration of justice;
         3. false swearing;
         4. misrepresentation;
         5. fraud;
         6. willful failure to file tax returns;
         7. deceit;
         8. bribery;
         9. extortion;
         10. misappropriation;
         11. theft; or
         12. an attempt to commit, a conspiracy to commit or a solicitation of another to commit a "serious crime".
   
   
2. Title. These rules shall be known as the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar.

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