Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

2.14.010 Qualifications to Admission

No person may practice as an attorney before the Tribal Court or the Tribal Court of Appeals unless admitted to practice and enrolled as an attorney of the Tribal Court upon written application. Any attorney-at-law, who is a member in good standing of the bar of any state or federal court, shall be eligible for admission to practice before the Tribal Court. Any Indian of the reservation shall be admitted to practice before the court upon application accompanied by proof satisfactory to the Court:

(a) that he is at least twenty-one (2l) years of age;

(b) that he is a person of good moral character and integrity;

(c) that he has successfully completed at least two (2) years of high school work or its equivalent;

(d) that he has never been convicted of a felony for which he has not received a pardon or restoration of civil rights;

(e) that he is not a member of the Tribal Council, an employee of the Tribe or of the United States.

Original url: /us/nsn/tmchippewa/council/code/2.14.010

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