The Georgia Supreme Court has amended its rules to allow law students—with proper supervision and approval—to make oral arguments, as of now.

The high court—headed by Chief Justice Harold Melton—added a new Rule 96 to provide that under certain conditions law students may participate in oral argument, the justices announced on their website Monday.

The high court also made some other rule changes regarding page numbers and other briefing requirements, all with later effective date of Dec. 2, 2019, the first day on which cases will be docketed to the December 2019 term.

The law student rule change is the only one that is effective immediately.

"Law students authorized to practice under the Student Practice Rules, see Rules 91-96, or the Law School Graduate Rules, see Rules 97-103, may co-author briefs, indicating their status on the signature line," the new Rule 96 said. "A law student participating in a clinical program at a Georgia law school may be authorized to make oral argument if the supervising attorney of the program files a motion to authorize the law student to argue and includes in the motion the name of the student seeking to argue, the extent of the attorney supervision to prepare the student for argument, and a statement that the supervising attorney will be personally present and prepared to supplement any oral statement made by the student."

And one more thing: "The court must give specific approval for the law student's participation in the argument."

Coincidentally, the University of Georgia School of Law tweeted Tuesday that one of its students made a successful argument before a different court during a summer job.

"Congratulations to second year student Garrett Michael, who successfully represented a client during his summer externship with the Piedmont Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office," the law school said. "Michael won a hearing, saving his client from a prison sentence and allowing the client to remain in treatment court."

The amended rules are available on the Supreme Court of Georgia website.