Guam § 9102 - Integrated Bar Association; Exemption Thereto.

§ 9102. Integrated Bar Association; Exemption Thereto.

(a) The Supreme Court of Guam may continue, by rule, the requirement contained in this section, that

no person is authorized to practice law on Guam, unless that person be a member in good standing of an

integrated bar association. If such requirement is continued, then the Bar of Guam is a public body

corporate, the membership of which consists of persons who are now or hereafter licensed to practice law

on Guam.

(b) [No text]

(1) Any attorney or counselor at law continuously residing for ten (10) years in the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) in which the attorney has been admitted to

practice law continuously for ten (10) years, who attends any term of the Supreme Court of Guam,

Superior Court of Guam or U.S. District Court of Guam for the purpose of trying or participating in

the trial or proceedings of any action or proceedings there pending, shall be permitted to try, or

participate in the trial or proceedings; provided, that the CNMI, in which the attorney is licensed to

practice, likewise grants permission to the members of the Guam Bar Association to act as an attorney

for a client in the CNMI under the same terms.

(2) All attorneys practicing law on Guam pursuant to this Subsection shall be subject to the

jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Guam for ethics and other matters in accordance with 7 GCA §

9101, and the Supreme Court of Guam shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this

reciprocity program; provided, that a delay in the promulgation of the rules and regulations shall not

delay implementation of the reciprocity program, which shall occur in no more than thirty (30) days.