Exemptions

[Effective through December 30, 2027.] 1. The following attorneys are entitled to an exemption from the requirements of Rule 210: (a) Any active member who has successfully completed the Nevada state bar examination in the present calendar year. The exemption shall be for the remainder of the calendar year in which the examination was successfully completed and the first full calendar year thereafter. Commencing on January 1 of the second calendar year after the successful completion of the examination, the active member becomes subject to these rules. Notwithstanding this exemption, each active member of the state bar, following admission, shall complete the Transitioning into Practice program. (b) Any active member who is a full-time member of the federal judiciary. (c) Any member of the state bar who, while not in default of the obligations imposed by these rules, has been voluntarily placed on inactive status; provided, however, that such voluntary placement must have been given in writing to the state bar and the board prior to the expiration of the applicable calendar year for which the exemption is claimed. (d) Any active member who is activated from reserve duty status to full-time active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for more than 60 days in any calendar year, and who is deployed or stationed outside the United States, shall be granted an exemption by the state bar executive director upon submitting to the state bar executive director satisfactory proof that the attorney is so activated, deployed, or stationed. All requests for exemption must be postmarked or delivered to the state bar offices on or before March 1 of the year for which the exemption is requested. Exemption requests shall be renewed annually for a maximum total of five years. (e) A member who is an attorney legislator serving in the Nevada Legislature may receive an exemption from the 10 general continuing legal education credits required by Rule 210(2)(a) for the compliance period in which the attorney legislator serves in a regular session of the Legislature. This exemption excludes the two hours in the area of ethics and professional conduct and one hour in the area of substance abuse, addictive disorders and/or mental health issues that impair professional competence required by Rule 210(2)(a). All requests for exemption must be postmarked or delivered to the state bar offices on or before March 1 of the year for which the exemption is requested. 2. The following persons are exempted from payment of the annual fee required under Rule 210: (a) An attorney licensed to practice law in this state who has reached the age of 70 years, commencing with the calendar year succeeding the year in which the attorney reaches age 70. (b) An attorney admitted to practice law in Nevada pursuant to Rule 49.1(1)(b) or 49.1(1)(c). (c) All active members of the judiciary. 3. The board, in its discretion, may grant an attorney subject to these rules an exemption upon circumstances constituting exceptional, extreme, and undue hardship unique to the attorney, subject to the following: (a) The attorney seeking the exemption shall promptly file with the board a verified application, specifying in detail the circumstances that the attorney believes afford a basis for an exemption; (b) The board may, but need not, exempt the attorney from all or a portion of these rules; and (c) The board may condition the exemption upon such terms and conditions, and limit the exemption or partial exemption to such period of time, as the board may deem appropriate. [Added; effective February 19, 1982; amended; effective May 15, 2023.]