Rule 206 - Admission Based on Practice Experience(a)Qualifications. In order to be admitted to practice law without taking the Idaho bar examination, an Experienced Attorney Applicant must show to the satisfaction of the Board that he or she: (1) Has met the qualifications for admission under Rule 202;(2) Has passed a written bar examination and was admitted as an attorney by the highest court in any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia;(3) Has been substantially engaged in the Active Practice of Law in one or more states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia for no less than three of the five years immediately preceding the Application. For purposes of this rule, substantial engagement in the Active Practice of Law includes: (A) Attorneys who are licensed in Idaho as house counsel under Rule 225. Practice of law in Idaho as house counsel without an Idaho house counsel license does not satisfy the requirements of this subsection;(B) Judges, administrative judges or the equivalent thereof in another jurisdiction, of a court of general or appellate jurisdiction of any state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or federal court in the United States;(C) Service as a judicial law clerk in a local, state, territorial, or federal court of record in the United States, which service was performed after admission to practice and as a licensed, active member of the jurisdiction in which the service was performed; or(D) Attorneys who are employed by and teaching full-time in an Approved Law School;(4) Possesses the moral character and fitness required of all other Applicants for admission;(5) Has paid all required Application fees and costs; and(6) Has not failed a bar examination in the five years immediately preceding the Application.(b)Legal Intern or Pro Hac Vice. The time an attorney practices or practiced in Idaho under Rule 226 or 227 does not independently qualify as time substantially engaged in the Active Practice of Law.(c)Time and Manner for Admission. Experienced Attorney Applicants shall be admitted as provided in Rule 220.Section (a) amended 3/5/2012; effective 7/1/2012; amended December 28, 2023, effective 3/1/2024.