The Supreme Court amended Bar admission rules February 10 to reduce from 10 years to five the amount of time foreign-educated applicants must provide evidence they have been practicing law in a jurisdiction of the United States as part of The Florida Bar admissions process.

The per curiam court acted on its own motion in In Re: Amendments to Rule 4-13.4 of The Rules of The Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar, Case No. SC21-187.

Under Rule 4-12 (Requirement to Submit), all applicants seeking admission to the Bar must take the Florida bar examination, which consists of the General Bar Examination and  the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination. To be eligible to take the General Bar Examination under Rule