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ported in the Southwestern Reporter, 114 vols. The Arkansas Reports are partly out of print, and are scarce and rather expensive. The Southwestern Reporter is the only convenient method of obtaining the late decisions of Arkansas. It also covers all decisions for the last 23 years from the Indian Territory, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Southwestern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. We will gladly furnish full description and prices on application.

WEST PUBLISHING CO., St. Paul, Minn.

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 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 District Court of Appeal, and shall have annexed thereto the certificate of two lawyers of good standing who have been engaged in practice for at least four years, 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 is oral, and 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 Pleading, Lube's Equity Pleading, 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 certificate, and the oath of office and permission to practice; but no person rejected shall be at liberty to renew the application earlier than the third regular term next after such rejection. A fee of $10 shall in all cases be deposited with the clerk of the court, to be returned in case of failure to pass.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Every citizen of the United States, or resident of this state who has bona fide declared his intention of becoming a citizen, who has been licensed to practice in another jurisdiction where the common law prevails as a basis, may be admitted to practice in this state by any District Court of Appeal upon production of such license and proof of good moral character; but the court may examine the applicant as to his qualifications.

Miscellaneous.

Applications shall in all instances be made before one of the District Courts of Appeal. There are three districts: First, at San Francisco; second, at Los Angeles; and, third, at Sacramento. Each district regulates its own examinations as to time. Qualification before the District Court of Appeal admits to practice in every court in the state, including Supreme Court. The foregoing rules apply to women as well as to men.

Source of Rules.

Code Civ. Proc. 1906, §§ 275–279. Sup. Ct. & Dist. Ct. App. Rules, in effect February 18, 1905 (78 Pac. vii).

CALIFORNIA DECISIONS.

1850 to 1909.

A complete set of California Reports (down to 1909) consists of 153 vols. The Pacific Reporter, 97 vols., contains

all the decisions in California, vols. 64 to 153, and also upward of 1,800 California decisions, which have been omitted from the state reports. These represent enough matter to make about 20 additional volumes of California Reports. Under constitutional amendment, adopted Nov. 8, 1904, the District Courts of Appeal were established, for the purpose of relieving the pressure on the Supreme Court. The decisions of these courts are published in a series known as "California Appeals Reports," of which 6 volumes have been published to date. These decisions are also reported in full in the Pacific Reporter. The Pacific Reporter also contains all decisions for the last 26 years from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The tables of cross-citations furnished with. the Pacific make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. Write for full information and price.

WEST PUBLISHING CO., St. Paul, Minn.

Colorado.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

To entitle an applicant to the examination for a license, he must prove to the satisfaction of the committee 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 applicant must present a 30-count certificate from the regents of the University of New York, or must satisfy the committee that he has graduated from an approved high or preparatory school, or has been admitted as a regular student in an approved college or university, or that he has passed an examination before the state superintendent of public instruction in the following subjects: English Literature, Civil Government, Algebra to Quadratic Equations, Plane Geometry, General History, History of England, and the History of the United States.

Term of Study.

A regular clerkship shall be served in the office of a practicing attorney of the Supreme Court of this state after the age of 18 has been reached, or after such age a course of study in an approved 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 committee of examiners shall consist of five members of the bar, each of five years' standing. Before examination

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