AFFIDAVIT OF PAST PRACTICE
FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING PROOF OF TIME IN PRACTICE
Applicants for Admission without Examination (“Comity”) and Applicants seeking admission under Tenn Sup. Ct. R. 7,
Sec. 2.02(c) (non-TN, non-ABA law schools) are required to draft and to submit an affidavit demonstrating compliance
with Rule 7, Sections 5.01(a)(3) or 2.02(c)(3) according to the the definition of “Active Practice of Law” in Rule 7, Sec.
5.01(c). The affidavit must include a description of your practice of law, the dates of such practice, and if applicable, a
description of your employment subsequent to ceasing such practice. The affidavit must state the dates (by month and
year) and location of all employment positions, and include a description of all positions, for the seven years
immediately preceding your application. In addition, you must indicate whether each employment position was fulltime or part-time and, if part-time, the number of hours each week so engaged. Please note that dates of employment
provided in your affidavit should match the dates of employment provided in your NCBE Application for Background
Investigation. Your Affidavit must include a computation of the months engaged in the Active Practice of Law and a total
time engaged in the Active Practice of Law in the seven years preceding the Application. Dates assume the first of the
month unless otherwise specified.
State of _________________________
County of _______________________
BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary, ____________________________________________,
[name of Notary], on this _________________ day of ____________, 20____, personally appeared
_______________________________________________ [name of Affiant], known to me to be a credible person and of
lawful age, who being by me first duly sworn, on Affiant’s oath, deposes and says:
1. I submitted my application for admission without examination on the __________ day of ______________,
20____.
2. From the period of ______________ to __________________, for a total of ____________ months:
Name of Employer: ______________________________________
Full time
Part Time ; if Part Time, number of hours per week: ________________
Description of Work (including city and state in which located):
3. From the period of ______________ to __________________, for a total of ____________ months:
Name of Employer: ______________________________________
Full time
Part Time ; if Part Time, number of hours per week: ________________
Description of Work (including city and state in which located):
4. From the period of ______________ to __________________, for a total of ____________ months:
Name of Employer: ______________________________________
Full time
Part Time ; if Part Time, number of hours per week: ________________
Description of Work (including city and state in which located):
Repeat paragraph 4 on an attached page, as needed, to provide a complete listing of employment.
5.
[If applicable] After my employment in the legal field, I was employed from the period of ______________ to
_____________as follows [Include name of employer and description of work]:
6. [If applicable] There are gaps in my legal employment due to unemployment during the following period(s):
7. In the seven years preceding the date of my application, I have been engaged in the Active Practice of Law as set
forth in Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 7, Section 5.01(c) for a total of _____________ months.
Further, Affiant says not.
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[signature of affiant]
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[typed name of affiant]
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[address of affiant, line 1]
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[address of affiant, line 2]
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[address of affiant, line 3]
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this __________day of _________________ [month], 20____.
NOTARY PUBLIC
[Notary Seal]
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[signature of Notary]
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[typed name of Notary]
My commission expires: ________________, 20____.