# IL. R. Ct. 701: Rule 701. General Qualifications

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_IL_TVII_R701

## Section

- **Citation:** IL. R. Ct. 701
- **Heading:** Rule 701. General Qualifications
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IL Court Rules / Title VII / Rule 701

## Text

Rule 701. General Qualifications
(a) Subject to the requirements contained in these rules, persons may be admitted or
conditionally admitted to practice law in this State by the Supreme Court if they are at least 21
years of age, of good moral character and general fitness to practice law, and have satisfactorily
completed examinations on academic qualification and professional responsibility as prescribed
by the Board of Admissions to the Bar or have been licensed to practice law in another jurisdiction
and have met the requirements of Rule 705.
(b) Any person so admitted to practice law in this State is privileged to practice in every court
in Illinois. No court shall by rule or by practice abridge or deny this privilege by requiring the
retaining of local counsel or the maintaining of a local office for the service of notices.
Amended effective October 2, 1972; amended April 8, 1980, effective May 15, 1980; amended June
12, 1992, effective July 1, 1992; amended March 1, 2001. The amendment to paragraph (b) shall be
effective one year after its adoption, and shall apply in capital cases filed by information or indictment
on or after its effective date; amended October 2, 2006, effective July 1, 2007; amended Feb. 6, 2013,
eff. immediately.

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