[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR935.69]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 935_WAKE ISLAND CODE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart G_Judiciary
 
Sec. 935.69  Qualifications and admission to practice.

    (a) No person may be appointed a Judge, Island Attorney, or Public 
Defender under this part who is not a member of the bar of a State, 
Commonwealth, or Territory of the United States or of the District of 
Columbia.
    (b) Any person, other than an officer or employee of the Department 
of the Air Force, appointed as a Judge, Island Attorney, Public 
Defender, or to any other office under this part shall, prior to 
entering upon the duties of that office, take an oath, prescribed by the 
General Counsel, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of 
the United States. Such oath may be administered by any officer or 
employee of the Department of the Air Force.

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    (c) Civilian officers and employees of the Department of the Air 
Force may be appointed as a Judge, Island Attorney, Public Defender, or 
Clerk, as an additional duty and to serve without additional 
compensation. Officers and employees of the Department of the Air Force, 
both civilian and military, who serve in positions designated as 
providing legal services to the Department and who are admitted to 
practice law in an active status before the highest court of a State, 
Commonwealth, or territory of the United States, or of the District of 
Columbia, and are in good standing therewith, are admitted to the Bar of 
the Wake Island Court and the Wake Island Court of Appeals.
    (d) No person may practice law before the Wake Island Court or the 
Wake Island Court of Appeals who is not admitted to Bar of those courts. 
Any person admitted to practice law in an active status before the 
highest court of a State, Commonwealth, or territory of the United 
States, or of the District of Columbia, and in good standing therewith, 
may be admitted to the Bar of the Wake Island Court and the Wake Island 
Court of Appeals. Upon request of the applicant, the Court, on its own 
motion, may grant admission. A grant of admission by either court 
constitutes admission to practice before both courts.