Supreme Court of the United States

                                 INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR

       Attached is the form for your personal application statement, as required by Supreme Court Rule 5.2,
including space for endorsement by two sponsors. The sponsors must be members of the Bar of this Court who
know you personally and are not related to you by blood or marriage. One of the sponsors or another
member of the Bar, including a relative, may move your admission.

       You must obtain a certificate of good standing from the presiding judge, clerk, or other
authorized official of the highest court of a State, Commonwealth, Territory or Possession, or of the
District of Columbia, evidencing the fact that you have been a member of the Bar of such court for at least three
years and are in good standing. An application will be considered current for one year from the date of the clerk's
certificate. After that time the papers will be returned. Do not submit a Bar Association certificate in place of the
clerk's certificate.

Supreme Court Rule 5 provides, in part:

              1. To qualify for admission to the Bar of this Court, an applicant must have been admitted to practice
         in the highest court of a State, Commonwealth, Territory or Possession, or the District of Columbia for a
         period of at least three years immediately before the date of application; must not have been the subject
         of any adverse disciplinary action pronounced or in effect during that 3-year period; and must appear to
         the Court to be of good moral and professional character.

              2. Each applicant shall file with the Clerk (1) a certificate from the presiding judge, clerk, or other
         authorized official of that court evidencing the applicant's admission to practice there and the applicant's
         current good standing, and (2) a completely executed copy of the form approved by this Court and
         furnished by the Clerk containing (a) the applicant's personal statement, and (b) the statement of two
         sponsors endorsing the correctness of the applicant's statement, stating that the applicant possesses all
         the qualifications required for admission, and affirming that the applicant is of good moral and professional
         character. Both sponsors must be members of the Bar of this Court who personally know, but are not
         related to, the applicant.

              3. If the documents submitted demonstrate that the applicant possesses the necessary qualifications,
         and if the applicant has signed the oath or affirmation and paid the required fee, the Clerk will notify the
         applicant of acceptance by the Court as a member of the Bar and issue a certificate of admission. An
         applicant who so wishes may be admitted in open court on oral motion by a member of the Bar of this
         Court, provided that all other requirements for admission have been satisfied.

              4. Each applicant shall sign the following oath or affirmation: I, ........................................................ ,
         do solemnly swear (or affirm) that as an attorney and as a counselor of this Court, I will conduct myself
         uprightly and according to law, and that I will support the Constitution of the United States.

       IF YOU ELECT TO BE ADMITTED ON WRITTEN MOTION, without coming to the Court, please
execute the oath (or affirmation) and have the attorney whose name you wish to appear on your certificate sign
as the moving party. The attorney who moves your admission must be a member of the Bar of this Court and
may be a relative. Return to the Clerk's Office, Attn: Admissions Office, the oath, your application, the required
certificate, and your check for $100 payable to "U. S. Supreme Court" to cover the admission fee.

       IF YOU ELECT TO BE ADMITTED IN OPEN COURT, do not complete the written oath and motion.
Return your application and the required certificate to this Office, and we will notify you whether the papers are in
order and will provide instruction for being admitted in open Court. The $100 fee is to be paid on the day
of admission.

       BAR CERTIFICATE. The Certificate evidencing admission to the Bar of this Court contains the following
words: ". . . in the year of our Lord, two thousand." An alternate Certificate is available that omits the underlined
words. If you want an alternate Certificate, check the block on the personal statement.

                                                                          PLEASE RETURN TO:
        Admissions Office:                                                Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States
        202-479-3387                                                      Attn: Admissions Office
                                                                          One First Street, N. E.
                                                                          Washington, D. C. 20543-0001
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