The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
THERE'S NO RUSH.
Prospective Lawyers Not
Numerous i'm Kansas.
Only Four Have Applied to Ex-
amining Board.
RULES ARE STRINGENT
Applicant Must Face Very Se-
we're Test.
Rules That viii Govern the
Kansas Examinations.

| 1t does not look as though there viii
| be any great rush of would-be attorneys
at the first examination given for ad-
mission to the bar under the new state
law taking admissions out of the hands
of the district court and placing them in
the hands of the supreme court, which
| has instituted a commission to give eX-
aminations to applicants.
| Under rule adopted by the supreme
court applicants must send in their ap-
plications to the clerk of the supreme
court in sufficient time for such names
to be posted in the clerks office at least
80 days before the examination. The
first examination will be given on the
second Monday in October, or October
Il Thirty days before that date will be
September II, so the time for posting
the names of applicants will expire to-
morrow.
Thus far only four applicants for ad-
mission have sent in their applications.
These are posted. in the office of the
clerk of the supreme court They are as
follows:
Frank G .Walling, Wichita.
| William Franklin Jackson. Fort Scott.
Edgar c. Warfel. Mound City.
| James Webster Finley, Chanute.
When it is remembered that this ex-
animation embraces the entire state and
that it will be impossible for any law
student to be admitted to the bar again
until next February this number seems
very small. 1t would seem TO indicate
that lawyers will not hereafter attempt
admission until they are thoroughly pre-
pared for it.
Rule 26 of the supreme court regard
ing admissions provides for the admis-
sion to practice in the supreme court, OF
/ 3ttnrnaVS who have hP6n admitted TO
the bar of the district courts prior 20
June 1. 1903. The rules regulating the
exa xamining commission are as follows:
No. 26- Petition-Contents In all
cases other than those provided for in
Rule 25, applications for admission to
the bar shall be made by petition TO this
court The petition shall be In the
handwriting of the applicant. shall be
verified by his affidavit, and shall state
his full name, residence and place and
date of birth. and. if foreign born, the
facts showing that he is citizen of the
United States, and the place of his resi-
dence and his occupation during the five
years Immediately preceding the appli-
cation. Where the applicant has been
admitted to practice in any other state
or territory his petition shall also state
the time and place of such admission,
the place or places where he has been
engaged in practice. the time of practice
in each place, and whether any proceed
! ingS have ever begun for his diSbar-
what result Where the applicant is
graduate of a law school, his petition
shall state the name and location of the
school and the date of his graduation.
Where the applicant has not been ad-
mitted to practice in the highest court
of any other state or territory. and is
not graduate of a law school, his pc
titiOn shall state his general educational
advantages exclusive of legal study, and
where and for what time, with whom,
or in what law school under what
supervision his legal studies have been
pursued, and the works read in the
course of such legal study
mo. 81 Board of Examiners-Time,
Place and Nature of the Examinations.
Upon any such petitions being filed with
| the clerk of this court, he shall post the
name and address of the applicant in
conspicuous place in his office for a per-
| iod of 80 days, after which the petition
shall be referred to five attorneys to be
/ appointed by this court to investigate
and report upon all such applications.
who shall constitute. and be known as,
i the board of examiners of applicants
for admission to the bar. Appointments
/ of members of such board will be in
/ writing and will specify the duration of
i the term of each appointee. The board
shall meet at Topeka on the second
| Mondays of February, June and Octo-
| ber in each year for the examination
into the qualifications of applicants, and
| for other purposes connected herewith
! Three. members of the board shall con-
stitute quorum. Examinations rela-
| tive to the learning of such applicants
shall be oral or in writing, or partly oral
and partly in writing. in the discretion
| of the board They shall be held in the
court room of this court, unless other
wise provided, and shall be open to the
public. They shall include an inquiry
| into the general learning of each appli-
cant as well into his learning in the
1 nj 11a1 heaa
/ to show educational attainments sub
| stantially equivalent to the results of
completing an ordinary high school
course of study.
..The general character of such exam
! nation and the standard required for
| a favorable report shall be as nearly
uniform as practicable Investigation
| into the other qualifications of appli-
lcants shall be conducted in such man
ner and be determined upon such proof
as the board may require. As soon as
practical BILE after the completion of an
| examination the board shall file a re-
port with the clerk of the court recon-
mending the granting or the denial of
| the petition of the applicant. When
ever such report shall recommend the
granting of the petition, unless some
reason shall appear to the contrary, the
court will make an order admitting the
applicant to practice in all the courts
of the state. which order shall become
effective upon his filing with the clerk
/ an a11QaN1I containing the
OATH subscribed and sworn to by him
before some officer authorized to ad-
minister oaths. Upon the making of
such order and the filing of such affi-
davit. the clerk shall issue to such aD-
plicant a certificate of his authority to
practice law in this and all inferior
courts of the state. and shall enter his
name on the roll of attorneys of this
court Whenever the board shall rec
ommend a denial of the petition an or
der will be made to that effect. It
shall be the duty of every member of
| the ba- of this court to aid the court