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It’s kind of a pain honestly - a lot of different deadlines to comply with and pro Bono reqs in addition to costs/CLEs. I’d choose one or two states that you actually think you’ll practice in during your career.
Rising Star
I’m licensed in 3 and it’s definitely a hassle keeping up with the CLEs and other various deadlines (all of which are different, of course).
Fees and CLE are the main things, but also can make filling out pro hacs harder. I do a lot of national federal court practice and I believe some courts require certificates of good standing from every state I am admitted when filling out a pro hac
I’m licensed in NJ and NY and so far most of the CLEs count for both 🤷♀️
Also there may be ongoing compliance requirements. For instance in Texas I need to provide a certification regarding my IOLTA account. Not a big deal, but not sure what other type of compliance issues some state may have
No. But I practice in litigation. Texas requires you to keep updated IOLTA information on file if you handle client funds and certify its accuracy when you renew. We all use the firm IOLTA. Because I appear in litigation (along with several other attorneys from my firm) where we receive client money from settlements, I am required to keep IOLTA information on file. See https://www.teajf.org/attorneys/compliance.aspx
If the only concern is CLE and costs and you can afford it, then I say yes.
Chief
May get stuck with some pro bono cases depending on JX. Other than that, I can’t think of any outside CLEs/costs
Chief
I’m assuming that’s what OP is referring too with “costs.” Lol.
I wouldn’t do it unless there’s a reason you need to.
What is the reason you want to be licensed in so many places? If you have an interest in practicing there it might make sense but a lot of places want you to align with someone local/have an office there etc to actually practice there.
I’m curious about this too