Citizenship-Age-Character. The laws governing admission to practice provide that the applicant must be 21 years of age, of good moral character, and an actual bona fide resident of the state at the time he applies for admission. Term of Study. Petitioner must have studied law in the office of a member of the bar of this state or in a law school of the United States for at least two years, and must file with his petition a certificate from the attorney in whose office he studied, or the dean or instructor of the law school, to the effect that petitioner has pursued under his direction for at least two years the course of study outlined below, and that petitioner is a person of good moral character. 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 a written examination upon 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. The board may also examine the applicant orally, if it sees fit. When filing application, a fee of $25 shall be paid to the treas urer of the board of examiners, which sum shall entitle the candidate to three examinations, and no more. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. Members of the bar of any other state or territory within the United States, who for five years after admission have been engaged as practitioners, judges, or teachers of law, shall be admitted, after becoming residents of this state, without examination, on proof of such former admission and of good moral character, and the payment of the fee of $25. Proof of good moral character shall be by certificate of a judge of the state in which he was admitted or by the certificate of two members of the bar of this state showing how long they have known the applicant, that he is of good moral character, a member of the bar in good standing, and that he has been actively engaged as practitioner or teacher of the law or judge in such state for at least five years before the filing of his petition. Admission on Diploma. Students who have matriculated in the Law Department of the University of Maryland or the Baltimore University School of Law prior to January 1, 1898, shall be admitted as heretofore upon presentation of diplomas. Miscellaneous. Examinations are held in June and November, 30 days' notice of the time and place being given by the board. Applications must be filed at least 10 days before the times set for the examination. Women shall be permitted to practice law in this state upon the same conditions and requirements as provided for with ref erence to men. Source of Rules. Pub. Gen. Laws 1904, art. 10, §§ 1-6; Laws 1898, c. 139; Rules of Ct. of App. (44 Atl. v, vi). MARYLAND DECISIONS. 1658 to 1909. A complete set of Maryland Reports (down to 1909) comsists of: Harris & McHenry, 4 vols. Harris & Johnson, 7 vols. Harris & Gill, 2 vols. Gill & Johnson, 12 vols. Gill, 9 vols. Bland's Chancery, 3 vols. Maryland Chancery, 4 vols. Maryland, 106 vols. The Atlantic Reporter, 71 vols., contains all decisions in Maryland, vols. 61 to 106, and upward of 500 decisions which have been omitted from the State Reports and can only be found in the Atlantic. The set also contains all decisions for the last 24 years from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Atlantic make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The Atlantic Reporter costs but a small fraction of the cost of the corresponding State Reports. Write for price and detailed information. WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. Massachusetts. Citizenship—Age—Character. A citizen of the United States, or an alien who has declared intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, whether man or woman, 21 years of age, and of good moral character, may be admitted to the bar, if his legal qualifications are sufficient. Term of Study-General Education. Every candidate for admission shall file, either together with his petition or with the chairman or secretary of the Board of Examiners, proof that he is entitled to be examined, together with evidence of his good moral character and the course of study, both general and legal, pursued by him. Such proof shall be by certificate, forms for which may be obtained from the several clerks of court, or from the secretary of the board. Applicant should have at least the equivalent of a high school education, and may, if deemed necessary by the board, be examined in studies generally pursued in grammar and high schools. There is no fixed term of study. Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee. The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the court for the county in which petitioner last studied law, at least five days before the day of the examination, and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an attorney of the court, stating the moral character of the applicant; provided, that any person who has studied at a law school connected with a college or university within the commonwealth may file his application either in the county in which such law school is established or in the county of Suffolk. Examination shall be in writing, and shall be based upon the following subjects, or some portion thereof: Contracts, Torts, Real Property, Criminal Law, Evidence, Equity, Corporations, Partnership, Mortgages, Suretyship, Agency, Sales, Negotiable Instruments, Bailments, Carriers, Wills, Probate Law, Domestic Relations, Trusts, Pleading, Practice, Constitutional Law, Bankruptcy, and Legal Ethics. In addition, the applicant should have knowledge of the general principles of common law and of the most important provisions of the statutes. A fee of $15 shall accompany each petition, which fee covers all charges. No rejected person shall be re-examined within five months from the prior examination, and a fee of $10 must be paid on a subsequent petition. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. A person admitted to practice before the highest tribunal of another state, of which he was an inhabitant, may be admitted to examination upon proof of such former admission and of good moral character, together with recommendations from at least two members of the bar to which applicant was admitted, and, if possible, a recommendation from a judge of the highest court in the jurisdiction where applicant was admitted; also one or more recommendations from members of the bar in Massachusetts. Blank certificates and forms may be procured from any of the clerks of court, and each petition should be accompanied by a fee of $15. One so admitted in another jurisdiction, who has practiced there for three years, may be admitted here without examination, in the discretion of the board. Miscellaneous. Women shall be granted licenses to practice upon showing the qualifications before enumerated. No person who does not intend to practice as an attorney in this state shall be entitled to examination. Examinations are held in Boston on or |