The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-18
LAW APPLICANTS
T0.FACENEWB0ARD
Would : Be Attorneys Anxious
Over Working of Revised
Act.
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EXAMINERS SIT IN ROANOKE.
Hold Their First Meeting and
Examination OF Students
Thursday.
EXAMINERS SIT IN ROANOKE

Many a would be lawyer is now
bending over his law books with r.
verish anxiety, for the first examina
tion for admission to the Virginia bar
under the new Board OF Law EXAMINE
ers takes place in the High School
Building at Roanoke next Thursday.
The Indications point out that there
viii be many applicants. the majority
of whom will doubtless be the recent
graduates of the various law schools
In the State
The change in the method of holding
the bar examinations Is in compliance
with an act passed at the last session
of the General Assembly. which took
the duty of holding the test from the
hands of the Supreme Court of APP
peals and vested ii In a board of five
members. who must be competent
lawyers The task OF holding these
examinations had In the past so
greatly consumed the time and SO
largely trespassed upon the other du-
ties of tho Court of Appeals that the
transfer was most acceptable to the
court. Each year the number of APP
plicants grows larger, making the task
of correcting the papers correspond
ingly greater.
The new Board Of Law Examiners
consists of: r. NJ Hughes. Norfolk.
chairman; Robert G. jackson, Roa-
noke. Frank 7. Glasgow, stanton:
Thomas r. Keith. Fairfax; VIM. B.
McIlwaine, Petersburg. They were
selected from a list OF fifteen promi-
nent Virginia lawyers submitted by
the Supreme Court Of Appeals to Gov
ernor Mann. who thereupon selected
those who constitute the board.
Sits in Roanoke.
Another alteration made by this act
is that which calls for the holding OF
the examination In Roanoke, Instead
OF Wytheville, as has been the case for
many years. The reason for having
the examination at wytheville was
because the Supreme Court of Appeals
was then in session there, but since
the court has no more the duty of
cants. it was thought that Roanoke
would be a better place to hold II, on
account of the location OF that city.
The other yearly examination is 10 be
held at Richmond. as usual
All who intend to take the exami-
nation must file their applications with
M. B. Watts. secretary of the board.
at Roanoke. before June 81. The fee
for taking the examination is $3.50,
the funds raised from this source be
ing used TO defray the expenses of
the OI pOdA 81, WIZ IcStlNe
$40 per diem and mileage.
The statutory rules as to making out
an application and having 1t passed
upon by the court of the locality in
which the applicants reside. as well
as the requirements as TO age and
character. remain unchanged.
Many Richmonders to Apply.
A number of Richmond law students
will take the examination and are now
busily engaged in reviewing and
studying up the many kinds of law
that Will be represented among the
questions.
For years Virginia. has been recog
nized as having a higher and harder
standard for admission to the bar than
any other of the Southern States, and
it is expected that under the direction
and supervision of the new board, the
requirements along the line of knowl
edge of the law will be made even
more rigid and cxacting. The Ameri-
can Bar Association. which numbers in
its long membership roll many of the
ablest Virginia lawyers. Is calling for
higher entrance qualifications, and
doubtless this state will fall into line
The license to practice Will be
signed by the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Appeals as heretofore, the
board having certified to the court a
list of the successful applicants.
In case an applicant fails, he may
have the privilege of REORGANIZATION
not less than six months after he took
the examination. II he shows that he
has diligently pursued the study OF
law for six months previous to the
time for the second examination.