CHAPTER 257

SCR 11-14

SUPREME COURT RULES AND ORDERS

IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDMENT
OF SDCL 16-18-2.9 RULE 11-14
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    A hearing was held on February 16, 2011, at Pierre, South Dakota, relating to the amendment of SDCL 16-18-2.9, and the Court having considered the proposed amendment and being fully advised in the premises, now, therefore, it is

    ORDERED that SDCL 16-18-2.9 be and it is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

    16-18-2.9. Qualifications of supervising lawyer--Professional responsibility.A supervising lawyer under whose supervision a legal intern or extern does any of the things permitted by §§ 16-18-2.4 to 16-18-2.7, inclusive, shall be a lawyer authorized to practice law in this state, and:

            (1)    Shall be approved by the dean of the school of law of the University of South Dakota or by the director of the clinical law externship program of the school of law; and such approval by the dean or the director may be general, may have time, scope, or case limitations, or may be on an ad hoc case by case basis; all such as the dean or the director shall from time to time determine. The approval may be modified or withdrawn by the dean or the director at any time without notice or hearing and without any showing of cause. Such approval shall be in writing except that at the option of the dean or the director the approval may be oral for all matters relating to the clinical law externship program.

            (2)    Shall assume personal professional responsibility for the conduct of the legal intern or extern.

    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this rule shall become effective July 1, 2011.

    DATED at Pierre, South Dakota, this 2nd day of March, 2011.

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