The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-07-26

The Suprsms cOust RssmuI6AtSs
RuIss Of Proeeo2aRo.

admission Of applicants for license "a
practice law by making It the duty Of
the Supreme Justices 70 conduct al ex-
aminatiOnS therefor, those officials have
formulated and announced the follow
ing code or rules governing the process
Of making new lawyers:
RULE FoR ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.
The first three days Of every semi
annual term of this court shall, IL nee
esSary, be devoted 20 the examination
and admission Of attorneys to practice
law In the courts Of Florida. Such ex-
aminatiOns shall be conducted in open
court upon written or printed questions
TO be prepared by the Court, the an
sWers thereto 10 be In writing; and the
court or any justice may supplement-
such written examination with oral
questions from the bench. All appli-
cants for admission TO the bar must
have studied and familiarized them
selves with the following named law
books, or their equivalents:
Blackstone's Commentaries, or An
drews on American law combined with
Holmes Lectures on Common Law.
BFoome's Legal Maxims, or w. T.
Hughes on Procedure.
Bisphafn's Principles of Equity.
Story, Van Zile, or Fleteher's Equity
Pleading and Practice.
Stephen, Gould, Shipman, or Nickel
way on Common Law Pleading.
Morwetz, Clark or Cook on Corpora
tions.
Moore or Hutchinson on Carriers.
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or Hughes Criminal Law and Proceed
ure.
Weeks on Attorneys at Law, or
Sharswood's Legal Ethics.
Daniel on Negotiable Instruments, or
Eaton and Gilbert on Commercial Pa
per, or Bigelow on the Law of Bills,
Notes and Cheques.
Cooleys's Constitutional Limitations.
Clark or Bishop on Contracts
Thayer's Preliminary Treatise on Gvi-
dence, or Volume'O
Greenleaf, or Reynolds, on Evidence.
Schouler's Domestic Relations,
Schouler on Executors and Admins
or Woerner's American Law
Of Administration.
Maupin or Marketable Title to Real
Estate, (2nd Ed
Cooley or Pollock on TOrts.
SchOuler, Underhill, or Rood on
Wills.
The Constitution of the United
States.
The Constitution of Florida.
Florida Decisions Upon the Constitu-
lion of Florida.
General Statutes Of Florida.
Rules of Practice of the Circuit and
Supreme Courts Of Florida.
Such examinations shall be upon said
course of study.
No applicant shall be admitted who
does not answer with substantial accu-
racy at least seventy-fve per centum
Of the questions, oral and written, that
may be propounded TO him on such ex-
All applicants for admission to the
bar shall, at least ten days before the
Of the term of this court at
which he intends 10 apply for admission,
ole with the clerk of this court his APP
plicatiQn, addressed to such court for
sucn admission, stating therein his age,
place. Of residence. including his post
office address, the length of time he
has devoted to the study of law, and
The law books he has studied, and shall
give the names Of three reputable resi-
dents of the community In which he
lives, to whom the applicant is we'll
known, and who are not of any rela.
tionship 10 him by blood or marriage.
The court may, In It's discretion, exam
Inc and admit attorneys TO practice at
any time that the court may be in SEES
sion upon good cause being shown as 10
why such examination for admission
could not as well and conveniently have
been made at the beginning Of the term
during which il is applied for and why
i may not as conveniently be made at
the beginning of the next ensuing
term. In the event an application for
admission shall be made ut any time
other than the first three days Of a
term OF this court, the same shall be
He'd with the clerk A. least ten DAYS be-
fore the time OF its presentation TO the
court. The court may refuse to exam
me or may reject any applicants for ad-
mission OF whose uprightness Of charnc-
ter Il 10 not satisfied, or whose course
Of study e not equivalent to that here
In prescribed,
or FOREIGN ATTORNEYS
IN SUPREME COURT.
In caAes where attorneys from other
States desire simply 70 orally argue a
cause before the Supreme Court with
out being admitted % practice law gem
orally In the courts Of Florida, they
may be permitted to make such oral
upon presenting TO the court
satisfactory evidence of being, at the
time OF such argument, q member In
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