A federal judiciary committee on Thursday seemed open to the idea of crafting a rule that would create a more uniform bar admissions process for U.S. district courts across the country.

Currently, most but not all federal district courts have local rules mandating that lawyers obtain in-state bar admission in order to represent litigants, or to apply pro hac vice on a case-by-case basis subject to certain restrictions and fees.

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