Rule 9401. Committee. The appellate division in each judicial
department shall appoint a committee of not less than three practicing
lawyers for each judicial district within the department, for the
purpose of investigating the character and fitness of every applicant
for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the
courts of this state. Each member of such committee shall serve until
his death, resignation or the appointment of his successor. A lawyer who
has been or who shall be appointed a member of the committee for one
district may be appointed a member of the committee for another district
within the same department.