Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.3 · Chapter 2. Attorney Admissions
Inherent power of Supreme Court
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Inherent power over admissions
The Supreme Court has the inherent power to admit persons to practice law in California. The State Bar serves as the administrative arm of the Supreme Court for admissions matters and in that capacity acts under the authority and at the direction of the Supreme Court.
(Subd (a) amended effective October 1, 2025.)
(b) Inherent jurisdiction over practice of law
Nothing in this chapter may be construed as affecting the power of the Supreme Court to exercise its inherent jurisdiction over the practice of law in this state.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 9.3 amended effective October 1, 2025; adopted effective January 1, 2018; previously amended effective January 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/nine/rule9_3
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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