Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-21
Legal Ranks Crowded
Cer<u< Survey Reveals First Two Years Are Hardest
fcr Law Gradndtes-44, SO Studying to Become
Attorneys; Tuition Costs Low.

Total enrolment in night schools
throughout the country is 24,556. Total
day enrolment is 1884. The day
courses are three years in length.
Reading law in law Office as q
means of preparation for admission to
the bar has almost entirely disap-
peared," Mr.. Greenleaf discovered. Law
schools in American have Supplanted
claw office study" The standard re-
quirement set by the American Bar AS
ISOLATION for admission to approved law
schools. It was stated, is two years Of
academic college work The length OF
period of study in a law school is three
years of full-time work or four years OF
part-time work. Upon completion OF
such training the degree Of bachelor OF
laws usually is conferred, after which
the graduate comes up for bar exemi-
nation.
Ninety-seven Day Law Schools.
Law schools offering daytime class
work number 81, most of which are
approved by the Council of Legal Edu-
cation, Mr. .Greenleaf said. "Sixty-six
of the day schools are members OF the
Association of American Law Schools.
not including McGili in Canada and the
University Of the Philippines. Eighty
eight institutions, including II day
schools, schedule class room work at
hours In the late afternoon, evening or
night, permitting students on full-time
Jobs to study law after hours. Only
six of these schools are approved BY
the Council on Legal Education.
According to the Carnegie Founda-
ton annual review of legal education
in 1929, Mr.. Greenleaf asserted, is States
do not require an applicant, before he
takes the bar examination, to possess
a specific amount of general education
and to have studied law during DELI
mite period of years.
These States are Alabama, Arkansas,
Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia,
North Dakota, Utah and Virginia.
Nineteen States have specific require
ments both of general education and
of definite period of study, but not
all students need complete their pen
eral education before they begin their
law studies. The final group Of Is
States requires applicants to have Sc
cured specified amount of general
education and, following this, to study
law during a specified number of years.
The latter States are Colorado, Con-
necticut, Illinois. Kansas, Maryland,
Michigan. Minnesota, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee and Wash
ington.
Lists Duties Of Attorney.
The departments statement points
out that an attorney at law sis an ON
Ger Of the court with both public and
private obligations; man set apart to
expound to all persons who seek him
the laws Of the land relating to high
interests Of property, liberty and life"
His first duty" 1t was explained, lis
the administration If justice; his sec
ond is to his client, with whom rela-
tionships imply the highest confidence
and trust. He is obligated to be true to
the court and to his client; to transact
his clieEt's business with care, tact and
skill: to keep his clients secrets, and to
report TO his client the status of his af-
fairs. a.
Like the doctor, an attorney may
become q general practitioner or spe-
cialist. Legal ethics are such
that a lawyer may not advertise or So
licit employment. He may hang out
his own shingle,' accept employment in
the United States Government as attor-
ney, legal examiner, patent expert,
specialist or clerk. or may take execu-
tive positions in business, industry, COM
merce, banking or insurance; and he
may aspire to be called mayor, gov
ernor, representative in State and ma
donal legislatures, or judge on the
bench"