Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 46

An attorney who has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, or the highest court of a state, or another United States court of appeals, or a United States district court (including the district courts for the Canal Zone, Guam and the Virgin Islands), and who is of good moral and professional character, is eligible for admission to the bar of a court of appeals.
 

 

Someone from Guam can be admitted in the 2nd Circuit, but by local 2nd Circuit rule an attorney licensed by New York state who has not made 3 appellate arguments or argued 6 substantive state motions can't be admitted to the 2nd Circuit.

 

Local Rule 46(e) a law student can appear for an indigent person if supervised by an attorney admitted to the 2nd Cir. bar. After graduation but before bar results can appear, provided sitting for a state bar within 2nd Cir. 

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