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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 15, 2022

The Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday extended the deadline for comments on a proposal to change comity requirements to Aug. 19 for one filer: the Board of Law Examiners. For all other comments, the deadline remains July 25. The court said it approved the extension at the request of the board. The proposed rule change was submitted by The Network of Enlightened Women. It would amend Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 7, Section 5.01(c) to remove the requirement that lawyers maintain a full-time law practice or full-time law school teaching position. Comments should be submitted to James M. Hivner, Clerk, Tennessee Appellate Courts, 100 Supreme Court Building, 401 7th Ave. North, Nashville, TN 37219-1407. Read the original petition.