The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-25
TO Raise THE STANDARD
State Bar Association Takes Action
with Regard to Legal Education.
THE WORK IT WILL UNDERTAKE
Effort to BE Mado to Secure o Uniform
Form Of Examinati ton Committees
That Have Been Named by
President Dickson.

president Samuel Dickson, Of the
State Bar association. has appointed
the committee to have charge of the
elevating the standard of legal educa-
tion throughout the state" says the
Philadelphia Press AT the annual
meeting of the association 1t was de-
cided to have a committee to take up
the subject of legal education and
formulate standard which must be
attained before u candidate can be ad-
mitted to the bar in any county of the
state. At the present time the qualifi-
cations for admission vary in the differ
ent counties. There is no uniform sys-
tenn. In New York state the evils
growing out OF such a state OF affairs
was detected and the course of study
was made the same for each county
A central board Of examiners decides
every case there.
"It Is not the intention of the State
Bar association, however. to endeavor
to create a central board of examin-
.ers. The feeling is that this is not the
way Of raising the standard. The
Is to allow each county board to
lie whether candidate shall be ad-
| l. -ltted as is the case at the present. but
at the same time to induce the county
examiners to adopt uniform curricu-
lum. This curriculum Is to be formu-
lated by the committee ON legal educa-
tion OF the association.
Desire Of President Dickson.
"The association Is composed OF the
most prominent lawyers of Pennsylva-
MIA, and 1t was the earnest desire of
President Dickson to make the commit
tee on legal education powerful body.
Weeks have been spent by Secretary
| Edward +. Allison in collecting data to
aid the president in making the ap-
nOlntmpnfS hA
judicial district is represented by
| member. This Is done SO that there
can be no ground for jealousy and each
district will know that it has had a
| voice in the committee discussions.
There are fifty-two members of the
committee, composed as follows, the
counties being added: Chairman, Rob-
ert Snodgrass. Dauphin: George Whar-
ton Pepper, Philadelphia; Andrew ].
kaufman, Lancaster; Edward ]. Fox,
Tioga; George w. Guthrie, Allegheny;
]. NJ. Force, Erie; Henry Lear. Bucks;
c. r. Savage. Northumberland; Will
liam Trickett, Cumberland; Edward Il.
Robin, Westmoreland; Sidney X.
Mince, Luzerne; Delos Rockwell, Brad
ford; William Fl. Playford. Fayette and
Greene: r. II. Cromwell, Chester: Alex
King Bedford and Somerset; John NJ.
Greer Butler; B. NJ. Clark. Clarion and
Jefferson: George s. Schmidt, York: AL
fred Hayes, Union, Snyder and Mlfilin;
Joseph w. Meyer. Schuylkill: Henry
Wilson. Wayne and Pike; Louis Rich
ards. Berks; Augustus V. Dively, Blair:
j. e. Johnson. Clinton, Cameron and
Elk: William Kasewert. Columbia and
Montour; J. A. McIlvaine, Washington:
jeremiah Lyons, Juniata and Perry;
w. Scott Alexander, Adams and Full
ton; Fred Bertolette Carbon and Mon
roe; James w. Pyatt, Wyoming and
Sullivan; l.. A. Watres, Lackawanna;
David l.. krebs, Cleartield: Edward L..
McNeelis. Cambria A. S. Olmsted, Nc
| kean and Potter; A. o. Furst, Center
and Huntingdon; Aaron l.. Hazen,
Lawrence Grant Weidman. jr.. Leban-
on; James Denton Hancock, VenangO;
Henry c. Parsons, Lycoming; Otto
kohler, Crawford: James b. Deshler.
Lehigh; George F.. Darling, Delaware;
Mirden +. Leasdon, Susquehanna; II.
A. Gordon, Mercer; Frank II. Laird,
Beaver; Charles Fl. Noyes, Warren and
| Forest: +. G. Hobson. Montgomery;
ID. Watson Rowe, Franklin; John p.
Elkin. Indiana"
| On the Other Committees.
Other committeeman from this part
| of the state are: George G.. Kulp,
| Wilkes-Barre, and William A. Wilcox,
| Scranton, committee on legal bio
graphy; Lemuel Amerman, committee
on law reform: II. w. Palmer. Wilkes
| Barre, committee on admissions;
George r. Bedford. Luzerne, committee
I on grievance. The committees will
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