Hi everyone! Junior associate in big law here. My wife got a job in Chicago and we are looking to move there by January. I am not licensed in Illinois yet but will be taking the bar in February. My firm is allowing me to lateral to our Chicago office but mentioned that “I needed to be bared before we can do that.” Anyone here know if I can still practice starting in January until I get my results back? I am barred in Indiana and do M&A work. Thanks!

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Yes. You just need to be supervised by an Illinois-barred attorney which shouldn't be a problem since you are a junior anyway.

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Just means that someone is overseeing/taking responsibility for any legal advice you might give, especially if it relates to matters of state law (which, in M&A, probably doesn't happen very much, if at all)

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Most firms will place a pesky asterisk in your email signature (*not licensed in Illinois), but otherwise you will experience no difference. Definitely a question to confirm whether they mean you to be on a several month sabbatical until bar results come back.

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My firm just puts a little disclaimer in your email signature block-not authorized to practice law in Illinois.

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You should be able to UBE and start that process now.

I took indiana pre UBE unfortunately…

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Can I ask how you went about asking your firm to move? I want to make a move to a city in the same state but I’m unsure how to go about it.

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