Fill and Sign the In Order to Practice in the U Form

G-62 (10/06)ATTORNEY ADMISSION INSTRUCTIONS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY ADMISSION INSTRUCTIONS In order to practice in the U. S. District Court or Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, you must be admitt ed to the Bar of this Court. A prerequisite to such admission is your admission to the Bar of the State of California. Your admission also allows you to enroll in the Optical Scanning Program. This program enable s you to receive judgment and orders by e-mail transmission on ca ses in which you are counsel of record. ADMISSION BY MAIL To be admitted to the District Court by mail, you must complete an Application for Admission to the Bar of the Central District of California (form G-60) . The application shall be returned to this office with a cashier’s check, certified bank check, business or corporate checks, or money order drawn on a major America bank or the United States Postal Service or local government issued checks. Make checks payable to CLERK, U. S. DISTRICT COURT in the amount of $185.00. The Clerk’s Office will also accept credit cards (Mastercard/Visa, Discover, American Express) for filing fees and miscellaneous fees. Credit card payments may be made at all payment windows where receipts are issued. PERSONAL CHECKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED . This fee is provided for by 28 U.S.C. § 1914. Do not write in the space “Fees pa id on ,” as this is for office use only. The application and fee should be mailed to: Attn: Fiscal Section - Attorney Admissions United States District Court Central District of California 312 North Spring Street, Room 529 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Local Rule 83-2.2.2 of this Court requires that you certify you are familiar with the Local Civil Rules, the Local Criminal Rul es, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedur e, and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Copies of the Local Rules for the Central District can be obtained from the Los Angeles Daily J ournal, 915 East First Street, Los Angeles 90012, (213) 229-5300 or the Metropolitan News Enterprise, 210 South Spring Street, Los Ange les 90012, (213) 628-4384, or from this Court’s Internet website at: http//www.cacd.uscourts.gov If you were recently admitted to the Bar of the State of Califor nia and haven’t received your bar number, or if you are participating in a joint admission ceremony with the California and federal bar for th is Court, indicate “Pending” in the space for the bar number. Your admission to the Bar of this Court is effective upon our receipt of your application and check or money order. Your admis sion certificate should be mailed to you within four weeks of our receipt. If you do not receive your certificate, you may call the Attorney Admissions Clerk at (213) 894-2085 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ADMISSION BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE Individual admission ceremonies before a district or magistrate j udge must be arranged with the specific judge’s staff. (The Clerk’s Office does not confirm scheduled admission ceremonies before a judge.) Y our application and fee must be delivered immediately to the Clerk’s Office for the division where the ceremony is held. If the cerem ony is held after business hours, the application and fee shall be delivered to the Clerk’s Office the next business day. If you take the oath of admission at a joint or federal bar cerem ony for this Court, a completed application and fee must be mailed to the Clerk’s Office at the above-referenced address. Your admission to practice in this court is effective only upon the Clerk’s receipt of your application and fee. THE FOLLOWING ARE FEDERAL COURT HOLIDAYS: New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day President’s Day (3 rd Monday in February) Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Independence Day Christmas Day