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Admission and Discipline Rule 2.1 Legal Interns (as it pertains to the law school graduate).
Section 1. Requirements
(b) A law school graduate may serve as a legal intern when the following requirements are met:
1. The law school graduate has received a first professional degree in law from a school accredited pursuant to Admission and Discipline Rule 13 (4)(a);
2. The law school graduate is eligible to take the Bar examination under Admission and Discipline Rule 13 (4)(b); and
3. The law school graduate has received permission from an attorney who is a member of the Bar of this State to serve as a legal intern under that attorney's direct supervision.
Section 2. Length of Intern Status
(b) A law school graduate may serve as a legal intern from the date of graduation until the graduate has taken and has been notified of the results of the first examination for which the graduate is eligible under Admission and Discipline Rule 13, or if successful on that examination, until the first opportunity thereafter for formal admission to the Bar of Indiana.
Section 3. Certification
(b) An Attorney, who is a member of the Bar of this State and who wishes to sponsor and supervise a graduate as a legal intern, shall so advise the Indiana Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners; and also, the Dean of the law school from which the graduate received the first professional degree in law shall advise the Indiana Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners of the date of graduation and the date at which such graduate will be first eligible for examination under Admission and Discipline Rule 13 (4).
Section 4. Scope of Conduct
A legal intern may interview, advise, negotiate for, and represent parties in any judicial or administrative proceeding in this State, provided all activities undertaken are supervised and approved by an attorney who is a member of the Bar of this State. A legal intern shall inform each client of his or her intern status, and that the intern is not a licensed attorney. A legal intern shall not interview any person represented by an attorney without the express permission of such attorney. In no event may a person (including private corporations) be charged for the services of a legal intern acting in a representative capacity. The personal presence of a supervising attorney is required in any proceeding in open court.
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