The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-22

efforts Of the American Bar Association
to raise the standard Of the legal pro.
fession in the United States, note with
keen interest the completion Of set
of standards for admission to the bar
by the national organization. The work
marks the end Of ten years Of applica;
ton by the national associations sec.
tion Of legal education. Adoption Of
the rules remains for next years SEES.
sion Of the American Bar Association
and when the organization gives Its
approval to this set of standards, they
will be put out politically and the as.
ISOLATION will ask the various state and
territorial authorities all over the coun.
try for their adoption. A marked ad.
| vance in legal education and practise is
expected TO follow.
Half Of the proposed rules were a.
dopted year ago, the remainder
at conference held recently in Chi.
cago, according TO advices received here
In the mail brought by the Matson
Z steamer Lurline. These recomme nEla.
! lions Of the section of legal education
/ we're referred to the standing commit.
! tee Of the association with special re.
| quest to report next year with recon-
mendation for adoption. The section
was directed to have the proposed rules
printed In full ID the next issue Of the
journal Of the association, appearing in
October, so that they may be fully un.
derstood by all of the members.
Little Mention In Press ~
The bar admission requirements for.
INFLATED were presented by the chair,
man Of the legal education section,
Judge Henry Stockbridge of the Mary.
land court of appeals. The secretary
of the section Is Charles NJ, Hepburn
Of the Indiana University school of
law. .s..r.s.,. -.
Little mention was made in the press
of the proposed bar admission require.
ments and the bar association mem.
bership in attendance did not get the
final rules or the report as whole
because in the closing of business the
section 3 recommendations were re.
ferred TO the standing committee. This
publication may therefore be of gen,
eral interest TO the bar;
Zone. Examinations for admission
to the bar should be conducted in each
state by board appointed by the high
est appellate court.
"Two. A law diploma should not en-
title the holder to admission to the bar
without examination by the board.
"Three. The candidate shall on ad
mission be citizen of the United
States.
"Four. He shall also be citizen OF
the state in which he is applying fol
admission or prove that it is his inten
tion personally TO maintain an Office
therein for, the practise of the law.
| Give. Character credentials on ap
plication for admission shall include the
afidavits Of three responsible citi
zens, two of whom shall be- members
Of the bar, and the afidavits shall sci
forth how long a time, when and under
what circumstances those making the
same have known the candidate.
| "Six. Three years practise in stateI
having substantially equivalent re
quirements for admission TO the bal
shall be sufficient in the case Of law
yers from other jurisdictions applying
for admission on grounds Of comfy
Inter State Courtesies
"Seven. There is no necessity for tn,
insertion in the rules of q reciprocal
comfy provision; that is, of a prOvis'
prohibiting the admission Of lawyer
from other states on grounds of com
ity, unless the state from which the
lawyer comes extends similar eourte
sizes to lawyers of the bar of the STATE
in which the candidate is applying foI
admission.
"Eight. Students shall be officially
registered at the commencement O
their course of preparation for the bar
but only after a report of the stat
board as to fitness, based upon its in
| peetion of the candidate 3 credential
establishing that he has complied will
the requirements Of Rule 10. The regis
tration shall be with the clerk of tn,
highest appellate court. A candidate
removing from a jurisdiction having
similar standards for registration ma!
have the registration transferred
Nunc pro tune registration may be
permitted, but only when the candi
date had the requisite education at thu
date of which he desires to be regis
tered and he presents sufficient ex
cuse for not having previously regis
tered, "A candidate knowing from
another jurisdiction where such regis
tration is not required may be regis
t"r"d nunc pro tune under similar con
ditions.
NIne. Proof of moral charactc
shall be required AS prerequisite to re
gistratiOn.
"Ten. No candidate shall be regis
tered as a student at law until he shal
have satisfied the board that he ha
passed the necessary requirement 70
entrance to the collegiate department
of the state anniversary Of the eandi
date 3 state or of such college or col
legcs as may be approved by tn
state board Of law examiners, or a
exam nation equivalent thereto cor
Quoted by the authority of the state
Course Of Four Years
Eleven. All applicants should b
| compelled to study law for four year.
: the first three of which must be spon
in compulsory attendance upon, and tn
successful completion Of and passin
the prescribed course of instruction II
, an approved law school which r,
quires not less than three years q
resident attendance for the complPtiO
: of its course and for graduation there
from, and then the service of cor
|, tihuous year of registered clerkshiI