Evening star., 1938-06-24
BAR VOTES T0F|X
2-YEAR COLLEGE
STANDARD IN 1912
Nays Are Few as Amended
Resolution Is Passed at
Special Meeting.
CL0TURE RULE SHOUTED
DOWN FOR FULL AIRING
Terms Provide for Certificate bv
Court That Applicant Has
Equivalent Education.

With but q scattering of mays"
the Bar Association of the District of
columbia, at special meeting held
last night at the Mayflower Hotel,
voted to maintain the present status
OF legal educational standards, reoui-
site Tor taking the bar examination
mere, until September /, 1912
After that date, the association SIG.
gested that a candidate be required tn
present. prior to taking the bar ex-
animation, evidence either of two years
legal education at a recognized
college. or a certificate from a com.
mittee OF the United States District
court. declaring that the applicant
mas the equivalent of the two wears AZ
college. through his own application
70 study, research or business ex.
perience.
Inc result was reached after ths
subject had been debated for nearly
tnree hours by an attentive memher.
snip that came out In force and
crowded the hall. Only one amend
ment TO the substitute motion wa.
ADOPTED and the membership declined
70 smut OH debate. Observers .xti.
mated that around 30 per cent of the
membership present voted for m.
ADOPTION Of the revised resolution al.
lhougn only voice vote was taken.
Text Of Resolution.
me resolution finally adopted read.
be II resolved: That the Bar Assoc.
atlon OF the District of Columbia rec.
ommend to the District Court ~ ~.
united States for the District of g.
iuhola that the rules of court h.
amended so that candidates for
mission to the bar, before the com.
lnelicement Of the study of law nec.
esSary Tor examination, in addition n
hlsn school education shall have on.
OF more OF the following education.I
requirements: o'S''oaa'
i. Two years of pre-Ieoa, .a,,
sion IN college upon list of school.
a'oreoited by the said court,
.. a certificate from a collep. =.
ssis,1y a-ns.y upon the list of schools, ar
.leoited oy the court that the ann,;-
CANT mas passed an examination 80.
mas the equivalent of two ve.r. NV ~"
.sn tzo colieee education. or a cert,fcat.
.o,i a committee of the court that ths
apphcant possesses the equivalent ~
1wo-year college education. -
oe IL further resolved that -,
ruies as amended shall not ann,v w ,e
e'uoents enrolling in law school, ,r,ou ~
10 September /, 1912. p1'oi
BE 1t further resolved, that tn. .sso
cia'ion recommend to the court an
amendment to the rules. effective ~,
neoiately. that before any annl,con,
snail De admitted to the bar exan,in.
t,on, the Bar Examining Committee
shan cause an exhaustive examination
W oe made by an appropriate agency
as to his character, and q favora h,s
report by such agency shall have heen
approved by such committee and ,uch
applicant shall further have = .h.rN
acter Endorsement from some memher
OF bar association Of the District ~
Columbia, practicing in the District Of
Columbia" "
Bolitha J. Laws, the association.s
PRESIDENT. who is soon to take the oath
u once as one Of the three new justices
OF the United States District Court
presided at the gathering.
935 Applicants Cited.
In urging adoption of the two-year
college rule, Col. Walter c. Clephane
one OF the Bar Examining Committet
members, informed the association tha.
Yesterday 935 applicants began to tax,
the three-day bar examination. H,
declared that it is not a right, but
privilege. to practice law, and pointed
out that no State that has adopted
the two-year college rule has recedeo
from this position.