stitutional Law, Corporations, both Public and Private, Criminal Law and Procedure, Damages, Domestic Relations, Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure, Evidence, Insurance, Mortgages, Real and Personal, Partnership, Pleading and Practice at Common Law and under the Michigan Laws, Personal Property, Real Property, including Landlord and Tenant; Fixtures and Easements, Torts, Legal Ethics, Trusts, Michigan Statute Law, International Law, Suretyship, Fraud, Jurisdiction and Practice of the United States Courts, and any other subjects. that the board of examiners may choose to add. A minimum of 70 per cent. shall be required for qualification. Each petition shall be accompanied by a fee of $10, which shall entitle the candidate to a second attempt, if the first is unfavorable. The second test can only be taken, however, six months or more after the failure, and the application in such case must state that that length of time has been spent diligently in the study of law. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. When an applicant shall furnish a certificate to practice in a court of last resort of another state, or in any Circuit or District Court of the United States, together with the recommendation of a judge of that court, the Supreme Court, in its discretion, may grant a license on motion of an attorney of said court. Admission on Diploma. One graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan or the Detroit College of Law shall be admitted to practice on presentation of diploma and avowal of the prescribed oath. Miscellaneous. Examinations are held at Lansing at least twice a year, usually on the second Wednesday of the October and April terms of the Supreme Court. Applications, on blank forms which may be obtained of the secretary, must be filed with the secretary at least 10 days prior to the examination. The present secretary is W. W. Hyde, Grand Rapids, Mich. No person shall be denied admission on account of sex. Source of Rules. Comp. Laws 1897, §§ 1119-1121, 1123, 1124; Rules Board of Examiners. MICHIGAN DECISIONS. 1836 to 1907. A complete set of Michigan Reports (down to 1907) con sists of: Harrington, 1 vol. Walker, 1 vol. Douglas, 2 vols. Michigan, 144 vols. The Northwestern Reporter, 111 vols., contains all decisions of Michigan subsequent to vol. 40. This represents 75 per cent. of all the decisions of the state, and includes a large number of decisions which have not as yet been published in the State Reports. It also contains all decisions for the last 28 years of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, and all the decisions of Dakota Territory and North and South Dakota. The tables of cross-citations 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 sells at less than 20 per cent. of the cost of the corresponding State Reports. Write for full information and prices. Minnesota. Citizenship-Age-Character. In this state the rules of the Supreme Court require that the applicant shall be a citizen of the United States, a citizen and resident of the state, 21 years of age, and of good moral char acter. General Education. Applicants, other than those exempt from test before the board of examiners, shall satisfactorily prove to the board that they have passed examination in one year's Latin, English history, American history, English composition and rhetoric, and the common school branches before being admitted to the bar examination. Term of Study. A person who shall have studied law for three years, within the five years preceding his application, either in a law school or in the office of a practicing attorney, or in both, provided at least six months was spent in the office of a practicing attorney in this state, shall be eligible to the bar examination. If for at least six months the candidate has pursued his studies as prescribed, the board may, in its discretion, accept in lieu of the remainder of the time required to be passed in a law office or school an equivalent period of study, irrespective of the manner or place in which it was spent, Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee. The petition for examination shall be filed with the board, and shall contain statements regarding applicant's name, age, and occupation, if any; his present residence, how long he has resided in this state, and his place of residence during the preceding three years; the course or nature of his general education, in what educational institution it was pursued, and the time spent therein. All applicants, except attorneys of five years' standing, shall also state in their affidavit where and during what time they have studied law, in what school, if any, and for what period of time, the name and place of residence of every attorney in this state and elsewhere in whose office they have studied, and the period of study in such office. The branches of general education upon which the petitioner shall be examined are left to the discretion of the board, but such examination shall include: The law of Real Property, including Mortgages and other liens on Real Property and Conveyances, Trusts, Taxation, Equity Jurisprudence, Minnesota Statute Law, Code Pleading and Practice, Constitutional Law, Conflict of Laws, Criminal Law, Evidence, Corporation Law, including both Private and Municipal Corporations, Contracts, including Sales, Bailments, Negotiable Instruments, Landlord and Tenant, Partnership, Agency, Suretyship, Frauds, Damages, Chattel Mortgages and other liens on Personal Property; Torts, including Negligence, Domestic Relations, Executors and Administrators, Wills, and Legal Ethics. In connection with the foregoing topics a knowledge of the common law as affected by Minnesota statute law will be required. A general average of 75 per cent. shall be required for qualification. A candidate having obtained a standing of not less than 60 per cent. in any of the subjects shall be entitled to re-examination on those subjects wherein he failed to receive a standing of 75 per cent.; but if a candidate's marks are less than 60 per cent. on each of six or more subjects, or less than 75 per cent. on each of thirteen or more subjects, he shall be reexamined in all subjects. If the test is favorable, the board shall so signify, and the oath of office shall be administered and license granted. With the petition for examination, a fee of $15 shall be deposited. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. Attorneys of five years' standing from any other state or territory, or from the District of Columbia, may, in the discre tion of the board, be admitted without examination, further than of the papers presented by them, upon making application to the board, showing their admission and good standing in such former state, and good moral character, and upon payment of a fee of $15. Such applications may be acted upon by the board at any time, without waiting for a regular meeting. Any attorney of less than five years standing from any other state or territory, or from the District of Columbia, who has studied. law, either in a law school or in the office of a practicing attorney, or both, for a period of not less than three years, six months of which period shall have been spent in study in the office of a practicing attorney in this state, may be examined by said board as prescribed. Admission on Diploma. The foregoing rules do not apply to graduates of the college of Law of the State University, The St. Paul College of Law, or of any law school in the state which has the certificate of the Supreme Court approving the course of study, faculty, Such graduates are admitted, without examination or fee, at any time within two years after graduation, on presentation of diploma. etc. Miscellaneous. The examinations shall be held in the cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Winona, Mankato, Duluth, and Fergus Falls, on the following dates: First Tuesday after first Monday in January; first Tuesday in May; first Tuesday in September. Applications, on blank forms which may be procured of the secretary, should be filed with the secretary of the Board, Eli Southworth, Shakopee, Minn., at least three weeks before the examination. Source of Rules. Gen. Laws 1893, c. 129; Laws 1899, c. 60; Laws 1901, c. 100; Rev. Laws 1905, c. 35; Rules Board of Examiners, Feb. |