Order regarding DC Court of Appeals Operations

The application to the September 2020 Bar Exam is now open for Priority Registration. Please read the exam instructions in their entirety before commencing an application.

Pursuant to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals April 10, 2020, order, attached is a May 4, 2020, order updating applicants about the DC Bar examination. (PDF)

Order regarding the July 2020 DC Bar Exam due to the ongoing public health emergency arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Administrative Order 2-20: Order appointing members to the Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the District of Columbia Courts.

Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law Opinion 24-20: Teleworking from Home and the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Order of the Chief Judge, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is adjusting its operations to address concerns regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Administrative Order No. 1-20— Order temporarily suspending D.C. App. R. 25(a)(2)(B)(ix) requiring paper copies of electronically filed documents

Order Regarding DC Court of Appeals Operating Status

Order M266-19 regarding the proposed amendments to D.C. App. R. 35(a).

Order M267-20 regarding proposed amendments to Part XI.C of the court’s Internal Operating Procedures

Notice and Order M-268-20 regarding proposed amendment to Comment [1] of D.C. R. Prof. Conduct 6.5. [3-16-20]

Order approving the proposed changes to D.C. Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure 12.4, 45, 49, 100-17, and 119, and D.C. Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure 101-03 and 201-05.

The Court of Appeals will live stream the swearing in ceremonies of successful Bar applicants at 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm on January 24th, 2020.

Notice regarding proposed amendments to Internal Operating Procedures of the DC Court of Appeals

Order approving proposed amendments to Superior Court Small Claims Rules 4 and 19

Notice M-266-19 regarding proposed amendments to D.C. App. R. 35(a)

Order staying until March 1, 2021, amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that would otherwise go into effect in the Superior Court of D.C. December 1, 2019

Order M-265-19 adopting proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure