No. The license is suspended to give the PLL the opportunity to contest the determination. If no request for review or appeal is timely filed, the provisional license is terminated. If a request for review or appeal is timely filed, the provisional license will remain suspended until the final outcome, unless the provisional license is terminated as a result of other factors (such as failing to timely meet other program requirements).

• The State Bar plans to make applications available in the Applicant Portal beginning January 4, 2023.
• Attorney applicants need to provide an original Certificate of Good Standing from each jurisdiction in which they are licensed.
• Law school graduates (JD or LLM) need to provide official, sealed transcripts.
• The application will be considered complete when, in addition to the CGS and transcript referenced above, the following are received:
  • Applicant declaration;
  • Supervising Attorney Declaration: The declaration must be submitted within the Applicant Portal; declarations sent via email and USPS are not automatically associated with the online application and may delay processing. Please ensure that you are submitting as instructed in the Applicant Portal; and
  • Payment.

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A PLL must:

• Expressly refer to themselves orally and in writing as a Provisionally Licensed Lawyer and/or participant in the State Bar’s Provisional Licensure Program and not describe themselves as a fully licensed lawyer or imply in any way orally or in writing that they are a fully licensed lawyer.
• Follow the same professional conduct rules as all fully licensed lawyers.
• Agree to be subject to the disciplinary authority of the Supreme Court of California and the State Bar with respect to the law governing the conduct of lawyers.
• Attest that they will not practice California law other than under the supervision of an approved supervising lawyer during the time they are provisionally licensed.
• Be employed by or volunteering at the firm (as defined) where the supervising lawyer works and that firm must have an office located in California.

Maybe. Please carefully review the instructions and questions to determine the disclosure requirements.

The guidelines contain a non-exhaustive list of examples of issues that may be relevant to a moral character determination. Applications are considered individually, and the guidelines neither bind nor limit the discretion of the decision-makers, but rather provide a framework to assist the decision-makers and provide applicants with information about the process. The severity of an act of misconduct, length of time since the act, and the frequency with which the act occurred are among the factors that will be taken into consideration in making a moral character determination.

Yes. You are required to disclose all administrative matters in which you were a party.

Please submit documentation of your unsuccessful attempts to obtain law enforcement or court records, such as a letter from the relevant entity explaining why the record is unavailable.

Maybe. 

For the Determination Application, you must report all driver’s licenses issued to you within the last 10 years. For each jurisdiction, other than California, in which you have held a driver’s license within the last 5 years, you must provide a copy of your driving record that meets the following requirements: an original, certified copy; issued within 6 months of the date on which the current application is submitted; containing at least 5 years of your driving history, unless the jurisdiction is only able to provide a shorter history.

For the Extension Application, you must report all driver’s licenses held since your prior application. For each jurisdiction, other than California, in which you have held a driver’s license since your prior application, you must provide a copy of your driving record that meets the following requirements: an original, certified copy; issued within 6 months of the date on which the current application is submitted; and contains at least 3 years of your driving history, unless the jurisdiction is only able to provide a shorter history.

If a driving record is in a language other than English, you must provide a certified English translation with the driving record. You may not translate your own documents.

If the jurisdiction that issued the driver’s license will not provide a copy of a driving record, a letter from the agency stating that no record will be provided should be submitted in lieu of the driving record.

Provide the name of your direct supervisor. If you had more than one supervisor, provide the name of the individual most familiar with your conduct. If your supervisor is no longer at the company and you do not have their contact information, please list “Human Resources.”

If your supervisor is related to you by blood; is your spouse, partner, or significant other; or related to you through your spouse, partner, or significant other, please list a non-related colleague who is familiar with your work. If no such person is available, you may list your relative as your supervisor. Please note how the supervisor is related to you on your application.

Some applicants have traveled extensively in the past three years and have numerous addresses to report on the moral character application. You are encouraged to provide as much information pertaining to each residence as can be reasonably recalled. You are responsible for the complete and accurate reporting of information on the application to the best of your ability, and the failure to provide complete responses could result in a delay in the processing of the application.