32 CFR § 150.8 - Qualification of counsel.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s150.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 150.8 - Qualification of counsel."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "150.8"
section_name: "Qualification of counsel."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MILITARY JUSTICE"
part_number: "150"
part_name: "COURTS OF CRIMINAL APPEALS RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Article 66(f), Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. § 866(f) (1994))."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 2017, Jan. 15, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "150"
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# 150.8 Qualification of counsel.
(a) *All counsel.* Counsel in any case before the Court shall be a member in good standing of the bar of a Federal Court, the highest court of a State or another recognized bar.
(b) *Military counsel.* Assigned appellate defense and appellate government counsel shall, in addition, be qualified in accordance with Articles 27(b)(1) and 70(a), Uniform Code of Military Justice.
(c) *Admission.* Each Court may license counsel to appear before it. Otherwise, upon entering an appearance, counsel shall be deemed admitted pro hac vice, subject to filing a certificate setting forth required qualifications if directed by the Court.
(d) *Suspension.* No counsel may appear in any proceeding before the Court while suspended from practice by the Judge Advocate General of the service concerned.