Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-11
IOWA STATE NEWS.
NEW RULES IN EFFECT.
Governing the Admission of AppIi-
cants to Practice LAW in the
state of Iowa.

The supreme court began its Octo-
Der term on Tuesday, October 1, and
the new rules for the admission of APP
plicants to practice law went into eff
feet These rules, which are now
practically the law of the state gov
srning admission to the legal profess
sion, are as follows:
Rule 1 Every applicant for admission to
tho bar shall make application. under oath,
and upsn the form prescribed by the board
OF law examiners, which will be furnished
By the clerk Of the supreme court, upon re-
quest, and shall file his application with the
clerk of the supreme court at least ten Gays
before the first day of the term at which he
asks to be examined.
Rule Q. Each applicant shall attach to
his application, as proof of his good moral
character, a certificate of Judge of the
district court of the district, or clerk OF
the district court of the county in which
the applicant resides. to the effect that he
has knowledge Of the moral character OF
the applicant, and that the same is good.
Rule 8. Every applicant who Is gradu-
ate of q collegiate, classical, philosophical,
scientific or engineering course in any uni
versity or college of good standing IN the
United States. or graduate OF three
years course in any high school which pre-
pares for admission to the state UNIVERSE
ty, or of course OF study in any normal
school or academy equivalent to such high
school course, or holds certificate or di-
ploma from the state board of educational
examiners, shall attach to his application
the diploma or certificate issued to him ny
such high school, college, normal school,
academy or state board Of educational ex-
aminers, and the same shall be accepted
as proof Of the general educational quaii-
fcation of the applicant
Every applicant not holding such diploma
or certificate, before being permitted 70
take the law examination must pass sat-
isfactory written examination before the
board Of law examiners in photography,
reading, writing, arithmetic, geography,
English grammar, United States and Eng
lish history, elementary algebra, elemen-
| tary physics, elementary economics, civil
government and the elementary principles
of the government land surveys.
examination shall not average at least %
| per cent on a basis of 100 per cent. will be
permitted by the board to take the law
| examination.
Rule 5. Proof of qualification as to age,
| place of residence, time and place OF study,
shall be by afndavit made before some OF.
| ficer authorized to administer oaths and
having zeal. Proof of residence and age
shall be by amdavtts Of at least two wit
| nesses, and the applicant shall also make
| affidavit as to his age and place Of resi-
dsnce. Proof of his term Of study shall bt
by afidavit Of the member Of the bar OF
Judge with whom he has pursued his
studies; and when he has studied at a Law
school, such fact, and his term Of study
shall be shown by the affidavit of one OF
II more of the professors or instructors q
| such school; such affidavits must show thai
the applicant has actually and in good faitt
pursued the study of law in the manner
and for the time prescribed by statute; ane
must also show that the affiant Is prac.
ticing lawyer or Judge of a court of record
or professor or Instructor at law schoo
at which the applicant studied,
Rule 6, In estimating the time of study, 6
| school year Of 36 weeks spent at a reputable
| law school in the United States shall b.
equivalent to full year spent in an office
and fraction Of school year spent II
| such law school shall be considered tn,
equivalent Of the same fraction Of yea,
| spent in the Office of an attorney or Judge.
Rule z. The examination shall be upor
printed and oral questions submitted t.
i each applicant, and during such examina
ton he shall not have access to books OF
papers, nor shall he communicate with
anyone upon the subject thereof.