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Section 4. Expenses of Officers and Board Members

The Board of Governors shall provide for the payment of all actual and necessary
expenses incurred by the officers, Board members and House of Delegates, not to exceed the
amount appropriated in the budget for that purpose, except those incurred in attendance upon the
annual meetings of this Association.

Section 5. Deposit of Funds

All funds collected by and belonging to the Association shall be properly deposited and
the accounts shall be audited at least once a year by a Certified Public Accountant. Investment
of Association funds shall be made in accordance with investment policies as adopted by the
Board of Governors.

ARTICLE XIV. ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR

Article XIV has been superseded, in part, by Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XVII,
effective August 1, 1999; however, that portion of Article XIV dealing with the licensing of
consultants in foreign law has not been superseded.

Section 11. Licensing of Legal Consultants in Foreign Law

1. General Requirements.

a. At its discretion, the Supreme Court of Louisiana may license to practice as a
consultant in foreign law, without examination, an applicant who:

(i) is a member in good standing as an attorney or counselor at law of a
recognized legal profession in a foreign country;
(ii) (aa) for the five (5) years immediately preceding the application has been
admitted to practice and has been continuously in good standing as an attorney
or counselor at law in the foreign country for whose legal system the applicant
wishes to become licensed as a legal consultant and while so admitted has
actually practiced the law of such country, or
(bb) has been a full-time professor or instructor of one or more aspects of the
law of the foreign country for whose legal system the applicant wishes to
become licensed as a legal consultant at an accredited university or college for
at least five (5) years immediately preceding the application;
(iii) possesses the good moral character and general fitness requisite for a member
of the bar of this state; and,
(iv) is over 25 years old.

2. Application for License; Denial of Application.

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