Rule 6-19.3 - MINIMUM STANDARDS(a) Minimum Period of Practice. The applicant must have been engaged in the practice of law in the United States or engaged in the practice of United States law while in a foreign country and been a member in good standing of the bar of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia for a period of 5 years as of the date of filing an application. The years of law practice need not be consecutive.(b) Substantial Involvement. The applicant must demonstrate substantial involvement sufficient to show special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in the practice of aviation law during the 3 years immediately preceding the application date. Substantial involvement is devoting at least 30 percent of one's practice to matters in which issues of aviation law are significant factors and in which the applicant had substantial and direct participation in those aviation issues. On the applicant's request and the recommendation of the aviation law certification committee, the board of legal specialization and education may waive the requirement that the 3 years be "immediately preceding" the application date for good cause shown. The applicant must furnish information concerning the frequency of the applicant's work and the nature of the issues involved. Time devoted to lecturing or authoring books or articles on fields of aviation law substitutes for the practice of law if the applicant was engaged in the practice of law during that time period.
Demonstration of compliance with this requirement shall be made initially in the form of a questionnaire approved by the aviation law certification committee, but written or oral supplementation may be required.
(c) Peer Review. The applicant must submit the names and addresses of 5 lawyers or judges who are neither relatives nor current associates or partners and who are familiar with the applicant's practice to complete peer review forms. The board of legal specialization and education and the aviation law certification committee may authorize references from nonlawyers.(d) Education. The applicant must complete at least 60 hours of continuing legal education requirements necessary for aviation law during the 3-year period immediately preceding the date of filing an application as established by the board of legal specialization and education.(e) Examination. The applicant must pass a written examination that is practical, objective, and designed to demonstrate special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in aviation law to justify the representation of special competence to the legal profession and the public.Added July 20, 1995 (658 So.2d 930); Amended 10/3/2008 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors, effective 10/3/2008; amended and effective 12/4/2020 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors.