Qualification Requirements

Established by the Board of Regents

1. Membership should be limited to those trial lawyers who are unquestionably and eminently qualified.
   
   
2. Geography as such is immaterial. The Fellows should not arbitrarily be concentrated in metropolitan areas, distributed in rural areas, or denied to any area.
   
   
3. The membership should be limited to those trial lawyers who are outstanding and considered the best in a state/province. The College cannot house all the good trial lawyers in a state, or those trial lawyers who, although best in the locality, are not among the best in the state/province.
   
   
4. High ethical and moral standards and excellent character are indispensable attributes of a Fellow. No person should be admitted to fellowship who lacks these qualities.
   
   
5. Membership is limited to those lawyers actively engaged in trial work as their principal activity. At the same time, the College should not be limited to one field of practice and, in fact, should include outstanding trial lawyers from all fields of trial practice who meet the qualification requirements.
   
   
6. No qualified person shall be excluded from consideration for fellowship or denied fellowship on account of that person's race, sex, religion, or national origin.