Supreme Court Bar Admission Has Its Perks

Nearly three thousand attorneys joined the rolls of the U.S. Supreme Court bar from October to May, a Supreme Court spokesperson told Bloomberg BNA May 13.

Bar admission is essential for attorneys practicing before the court. “For nearly all purposes, the rules of the Court require that every party (unless appearing pro se) be represented by at least one member in good standing of the Supreme Court Bar,” according to a leading Supreme Court treatise, Stephen M. Shapiro et al., “Supreme Court Practice” §20.1 (10th ed. 2013).

But it’s unlikely that all the members of the Supreme Court bar — ...