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The Court convenes monthly in formal sessions for administering the oath of admission. You are required to appear in person to be administered the oath and to sign the roll of attorneys. The Committee will notify you by letter and you will be given two dates on which you may appear to be administered the oath. Your first scheduled date will be approximately three weeks after such notification; your alternate date will be approximately seven weeks after such notification. DC App. Rule 46 (h)(3) directs that you take the oath and sign the roll of attorneys within 90 days of the certification date and that it is your obligation to appear in person to comply with the Court's rule. If you fail to do so, our rule provides that you may file, within one year from the certification date, an affidavit explaining the cause of the delay. The affidavit shall be sent to the Director of Admissions. The members of the Committee on Admissions may then re-approve your application or deny your admission and direct that you file a new application.