Admission on Diploma.

Any person who shall produce a certificate of the county court of the county of his residence, vouching for his general qualifications, together with a diploma from the Law School of the West Virginia University, shall be admitted to practice in any and all of the courts of this state.

Examinations are held at Morgantown on the first Wednesday after the 1st of January and April, and the first Wednesday after the 15th of September.

Source of Rules.

Acts of Legislature of 1901, amending sections 1, 2 of chapter 119 of the Code of West Virginia; Rules of Supreme Court of Appeals, June 16, 1897; Rules Board of Examin

ers.

WEST VIRGINIA DECISIONS.

1863 to 1904.

A complete set of West Virginia Reports (down to 1903) consists of 53 vols. All decisions subsequent to vol. 28 West Virginia are reported in the Southeastern Reporter, 45 vols. Vols. 35 to 45 West Virginia are out of print. Consequently the only convenient method of obtaining the decisions in these volumes is through the Southeastern. The set also contains all decisions of the parent state (Virginia) for the past 17 years, including some 175 cases that have been omitted from the State Reports and can only be found in the Southeastern. It also contains. all decisions of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina for the last 17 years. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Southeastern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. Write for price and full information.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

Any citizen of the United States, or one who has declared his intention, who is a resident of the state, of full age, and of good moral character, shall be eligible to the examination for admission to the bar. His application must contain the certificate of two lawyers practicing in the county in which the applicant resides.

General Education.

Applicants who are not graduates of the university or a college or free high school having a four years' course must, after January 1, 1905, take an examination before the board of ex

aminers.

Term of Study.

The applicant shall also file a certificate from his preceptor, or from the dean or other official of the law school, stating the time in which said applicant has pursued the study of law. The applicant must have studied law at least three years within the five years next preceding the making of the application.

Examination-Regulations-Scope.

Examinations are written and oral, and are held by a board consisting of five members. The examinations shall cover the subjects of agency, attachment and garnishment, bailments and carriers, common law, constitutional law, contracts, public and private corporations, courts and their jurisdiction, criminal law and practice, damages, domestic relations, equity jurisprudence, eminent domain, evidence, insurance, legal ethics, marriage and divorce, mortgages and other liens, negotiable paper, partnership, personal property, including sales, pleading and practice and the trial of actions in the courts of Wisconsin and of the United States, police power, probate law, including the law of descent and administration of estates, and

real property, including landlord and tenant, replevin, torts, trusts and trustees, wills, and the statutes of Wisconsin relating to the subjects mentioned.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Residents of the state who have been admitted to practice in the supreme court of any other state or territory may be admitted to practice upon the production of their certificates of admission and upon proof that they have engaged in actual practice in such other state or territory for at least two years prior to making application. A certificate of any judge of a court of record, having knowledge of the facts, under the seal of said court, must be presented.

Admission on Diploma.

A graduate of the law department of the State University will be admitted to all of the courts in this state upon presentation of his diploma.

Miscellaneous.

Examinations are held in Milwaukee on the first Tuesday in April and December, and in Madison on the first Tuesday in August. Applications must be made to the secretary of the board upon regular forms which will be furnished.

constitute no bar to admission in this state.

Source of Rules.

Sex shall

Statutes of Wisconsin, § 2586, as amended by Laws of 1903, ch. 19; Rules of Supreme Court adopted July 3, 1903; Rules of Board of Examiners adopted August 11, 1903.

WISCONSIN DECISIONS.

A complete set of Wisconsin Reports (down to 1904) consists of:

Pinney, 3 vols., 1839-1852.

The Northwestern Reporter, 97 vols., contains all Wisconsin decisions from and including vol. 46. This represents over 65 per cent. of all the decisions of the state. The Northwestern also contains all decisions for the last 25 years of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and all of Dakota Territory and North and South Dakota. The tables of crosscitations furnished with the Northwestern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The set occupies less than one-third of the shelf room of the corresponding State Reports, and costs about one-fourth as much. Write for price and full description.

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Wyoming.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

No one shall be admitted to practice in this state who is not a citizen of the United States, a bona fide resident of this state, 21 years of age, and of good moral character.

General Education.

Although no certain degree of preliminary education is required, the applicant shall state in his petition the extent of the same.

Term of Study.

The candidate shall have studied law at least three years, either in a law school in the United States or under the supervision of a practicing attorney or judge of this state, or partly under one system and partly under the other.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

The petition shall be directed to the supreme court and referred to the board of examiners, consisting of five members of the bar, who shall examine the candidate upon written questions prepared by said board, in the presence of one or more examiners, or the district judge, or some person selected by the board. The questions and answers shall be returned to the board, who shall report its findings thereon to the supreme court. If the petitioner's abilities are sufficient, a license shall be granted by the court and the oath of office administered. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $15, which shall entitle the candidate to two examinations, and no more; the second being applied for not later than one year after the first.