Florida Justices Rebuff Top Cop’s Recruitment Rule Change Bid

The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a bar passage carve-out for out-of-state lawyers taking Sunshine State government legal jobs.

Attorney General James Uthmeier’s proposed rule change, denied by the justices on Monday, would have let out-of-state lawyers practice in government jobs for up to three years without taking the bar. The justices said the government will have to fit within the smaller window provided by the rules.

The “limited certification program currently outlined in rule 111.9, which requires a certified government lawyer to have applied for admission to The Florida Bar and to take the next available bar examination, strikes ...