Maine.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

Among the qualifications requisite for admission to the bar are citizenship and residence in the state, the age of majority, and a good moral character.

Term of Study.

Satisfactory evidence of a three-years course in the study of law, either in the office of a practicing attorney or in a recognized law school, shall be offered to the board of examiners.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

The candidate shall submit to a written examination, and to an oral one by a board of five competent lawyers, appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the chief justice, and shall answer correctly 70 per cent. of the questions to enable him to qualify. A fee not to exceed $20. shall be paid to the board of examiners, and shall entitle the petitioner to a second test, if disqualified at the first, or, in case of no re-examination after rejection, the fee shall be returned to him. If rejected at an examination, the applicant may apply a second time by certifying that he has studied law for six months since such disqualification.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Upon production of a certificate of admission to practice in the court of last resort in another state or any circuit court of the United States, together with the recommendation of one of the judges of such court, an applicant may be admitted on motion, in the discretion of the supreme court.

Source of Rules.

Act March 17, 1899.

Maryland.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

The laws governing admission to practice provide that the applicant must be of good moral character, and worthy of admittance, but nowhere state that citizenship shall constitute a requirement, unless by inference from that qualification which demands that the applicant must be capable of discharging the duties of an attorney.

Term of Study.

No one shall be examined who shall not have prepared himself in a law school in any part of the United States, or in the office of a member of the bar of this state, for at least three years.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

Applications for admission shall be made by petition to the court of appeals, and then referred by the court of appeals to the board of examiners, consisting of three members of the bar of at least 10 years' standing, appointed by the court of appeals, who shall test the applicants as to their legal qualifications in the manner designated by the uniform system of examination prescribed by the court of appeals, which includes the subjects of elementary law, contracts, torts, wills and administration of estates, corporations, evidence, equity, real property, personal property, criminal law, domestic relations, pleading and practice at law and in equity (at common law and in Maryland), constitutional law, international law, and legal ethics. At presentation for examination, the applicant shall deposit with the treasurer of the board a sum, optional with the court of appeals to the amount of $25, which entrance fee shall entitle the petitioner to three examinations.