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ARIZONA DECISIONS.

1866 to 1902.

There has been issued only one volume of Arizona Reports coming down to 1884. The decisions in this volume and all other Arizona decisions are reported in the Pacific Reporter, together with all decisions for the last 19 years from California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

The Pacific Reporter, being the only medium through which the current Arizona decisions may be had, is absolutely essential to the local practitioner. We will quote prices, etc., on application.

WEST PUBLISHING CO., St. Paul, Minn.

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California.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

Any citizen, or resident who has bona fide declared his intention of becoming a citizen, who is of the age of 21 years and of good moral character, shall be entitled to undergo the examination of legal qualifications that is required precedent to admission to practice.

Term of Study.

In the certificate filed by the two lawyers of the court as an accompaniment to the application, an opinion of these lawyers, based upon personal inspection, shall be expressed as to the time given in preparation by the applicant.

Examination—Regulations-Scope-Fee.

The application shall be filed with the clerk of the supreme court, and shall have annexed thereto the certificate of two lawyers of good standing, attesting that they have carefully questioned applicant upon the branches of law and have considered the period stated as the approximate term of study, and setting forth the place at which and the person under whom such study has been prosecuted, the books that have been read, and the other appropriate attainments applicant may have acquired. The examination by the board of examiners shall consist of queries upon the subjects of Blackstone's Commentaries, Kent's Commentaries, Greenleaf's Evidence (first volume), Story's Equity Jurisprudence, Gould's Pleadings, Lube's Equity Pleadings, Parsons on Contracts, Pomeroy's Introduction to Municipal Law, Code of Civil Procedure, Civil Code, and the constitutions of the United States and state of California. If the examination is passed satisfactorily, the applicant shall receive a

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Colorado.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

To entitle an applicant to the examination for a license, he must prove to the satisfaction of the board of examiners that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention, a resident of this state, of full age, and of good moral character.

General Education.

The petitioner shall certify to the board that his preliminary education, other than legal, is equivalent to that obtained in a high school of good standing, and the means by which it was obtained.

Term of Study.

A regular clerkship shall be served in the office of a practicing attorney of this state after the age of 18 has been reached, or after such age a course of study in a reputable law school shall be pursued, before permission will be granted to enter upon the examination. The duration of the period so spent shall be three years, and may be apportioned between the two modes of study.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

The board of examiners appointed by the supreme court shall consist of five members of the bar, each of five years' standing. Before examination the candidate shall satisfy the board that he has not undergone an examination for a license to practice, and been refused admission, within six months immediately preceding. The test shall consist of oral or written questions and answers, or partly oral and partly written, as the board of examiners may select.

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