Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-20
examination OF ATTORNEYS.
Supreme Court Adopts New Rule Gov.
erning the Admission of Candidates
to Practice.
Text of the Rule Which Makes Some
Important Changes in Method
hitherto Existing.


ling the admission ON candidates to
practice law in the courts OF the state.
The rule will govern the admission CT
candidates at the Fargosterm of court,
March %, and attorneys desiring to
apply for admission at thattime should
consult carefully the new rule adopted
and correspond with the clerk of the
court, R. D. Hoskins, at Bismarck, re-
garding the necessary blanks. The
rule that will govern the admission Of
candidates is as follows:
Application for admission to a
tice at the bar OF this state, when.
made upon a certificate issued by the
courts of any other state, may be made
at any regular or special term of this
court. Such application shall be upon
written motion made by a member of
the bar of this court and filed with the
clerk, and with such motion shall be
filed an affidavit, or the certificate of
an attorney Of this court, showing that
the said applicant is at least twenty
one years of age, of good moral char
acter, and an inhabitant of this state.
and that such applicant practiced law
regularly in the. state where he was
admitted for at least one year after
such admission.
Application for admission on exam
ination shall be presented on the first
day of any regular term Of this court
and shall be upon written motion
Applicants for license to practice as
attorneys and %counselors ait law upon
examination Except graduates OF the
law department of the state university
Of the state Of North Dakota. the
method Of whose admission is gov
efned by the provisions of chapter %.
of the laws of 1901 will be examined
in open court on the first day OF each
regular term of court.
No applicant will be examined unless
there shall have been filed with the
clerk of the supreme court before the.
first day ofsthe term, at which the APP
plicatien is made, a sworn statement
by the applicant, setting forth in de-
tail the3facts which entitle him to be
admitted to the examination, under
the provisions of section 421, Revised
Codes. Such application shall c1r-
reotly set forth the period Of time ac-
tually employed in the study Of law
by the applicant, whether in a law
school or law Office, and whether the
same was exclusive of other pursuits
the subject embraced in the course OF
study pursued and books studied, and
the period of the time devoted to each
subject, so far as the same is possible,
which facts shall be supported by the
affidavit of the secretary or dean Of
the law faculty of the school attended
by the applicant. or by affidavit of the
attorney in whose Office he STUDIED,
as the case may be, and in case all or
a portion Of such study was in an office
the affidavit shall state that such at
torney was. during such period, regll-
larly engaged in the practice of law in
this state. and stating that the appli-
can't is of good moral character, and
any fact tending to show the
Of the attachments of the applicant.
and also stating that in their opinion
the applicant possesses the requisite
qualifications in point of learning in
the law to be entitled to be admitted
to practice. In no case will appl;-
Giants be admitted to the examination
unless it shall appear that they a y
pursued a course of study equivalent
to that required of candidates for grad
uation in the law department of the
state university of North Dakota. Il
satisfied with the suficiency Of such
aHdavits or certificate the court shall,
unless the judges prefer to conduct the
examination personally In open court.
appoint a committee OF not less than
three members of the bar Of this court
I examine such applicaut-touching
his qualifications to practice as an at
torney in the courts of this state. But
any person who has been admitted to
practice in the district courts OF this
state prior to July !, 1901. in accord
ance with the law in force at the time
OF such admission, nay hereafter be
admitted to practice in this court I'M
der the rules heretofore existing.
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