Evening star., 1938-07-17


ouirements provided they are admitted
to the bar prior to July /, 1s43, Chief
Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the
United States Court of Appeals, an
nomced yesterday.
The new rule was adopted last
month, and when operative, will re-
require two years of pre-legal work
and four years of law work in an
evening school,
Justice Groner's Qualification of the
rule was set forth in response to in
quiries from the evening law schools.
The following questions were sub
mitted by DR.. James A. Bell of South
eastern University, the answers being
those Of the Chief Justice:
Question l. Will students who pur-
sue the study of law in our summer
school ending August %, 1898. be ad-
mitted under the old rules?
Answer. /. Yes.
Two-Year Minimum.
Question 2. Are we to interpret the
rule to mean that in order to receive
the courts approval of our school of
law we must make the minimum ad-
mission two years $50 semester hours)
of college work beginning September
], 1898?
Answer g. Yes.
Question 3 (a) %. What will be
the duration of a course of study of
q part-time law school so that the
student may be eligible for admission
after July /, l943?
According to the Annual Review
of Legal Education, 1887, the trend
appears to be four years for part-time
or evening schools.
(D (2). We now require 10
semester hours for the degree. Will
the number of semester hours be in
creased? I understand the George
Washington University requires 80
semester hours for four-year period
OF study
Answer 3 (a) %. Four years.
3 (a) (2). Seventy-two hours mini
mum for three-year term in a day
school or four-year term in part
time school.
Inauguration Optional.
that the period will be four years, is
1t optional with our school when we
shall inaugurate this standard?
Answer tb). 1t is optional, ex-
cept that as to any applicant after
July l, 1943, he must have satisfied
the requirement by at least four years
study and the completion of four
year course if he has attended part
time school,
Question 4. Will two years col
Iegiate work of so semester hours COM
pleted in our school of liberal arts be
acceptable to the court?
We understand that we cannot give
an equivalent examination until we
have become a member of the Asso-
citation of Schools and Colleges of
the Middle States and Maryland.
Answers. Yes, provided yonr school
is approved by the Association of
Schools and Colleges of the Middle
States and Maryland II not sc ap-
proved, it will be necessary for the
student affected to be examined by
a school or college SO approved.
Reason Not Evident.
Question S. The reason for the in
troductory clause in the paragraph
numbered two of Rule III is not
evident to U.S. Would it change the
purpose of this paragraph if such
clause had been omitted?
Answer 5. The purpose of the in
troductory clause of paragraph of
Rule ia is to protect all applicants
who have been admitted to practice
in the District Court or the supreme
court of any other jurisdiction prior
to July l, 1943. The clause means
that if person is admitted to the
District Court or the highest court of
a State prior to July /, 1943, he may
be admitted to this court by reason of
that fact If admitted to the District
Court or the highest court of some
other jurisdiction after July /, 1943,
he must have graduated from an ap-
proved school. The clause is saving
. provision to include applicants for
admission to this court who have prior
to 1943 been admitted to practice
either in the District Court or the
highest court OF another jurisdiction.
Question s. We propose to insert
substantially the following in our
Forthcoming 1889 catalogue. Are we
accurately stating the situation, and
does there appear therein any state
ment Objectionable to the court or
sepugnant to Rule 7l2?
Rule Is Pointed Out.
"On June 80, 1888, the United
States Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict of Columbia promulgated the
following rule, numbered 7l2, effec-
tive July l, l943: :
Quotation of Rule 7l2).
This school does not plan to in
crease its present entrance require
rnents and three-year law course for
. those matriculating this fall. There
fore. we cannot now seek or obtain
approval under paragraph two of the
1 courts rule. However, this rule does
not affect any one applying for admis-
! sion to practice before the Court OF
Appeals before July l, l943.
TT is our intention to qualify under
this rule before September, 1910. so
that students matriculating at that
time must comply with the increased
standards"
Answer 6. The statement proposed to
be inserted in the catalogue seems to in
terpret correctly Rule ia. AS to those
students who matriculate in 1888 or
1899 and complete the required FORK