upon the clerkship or attendance at a law school as prescribed below, shall undergo an examination under the authority of the State University in English, three years; Mathematics, two years; Latin, two years; Science, one year; History, two years; or in their substantial equivalents.

Term of Study.

The candidate shall prove to the satisfaction of the Board of Examiners, which consists of three members of the bar, that he has pursued the study of law for three years,, except that, if the student is a graduate of any college or university, the period of study may be two years, and except, also, that persons admitted in the highest court of original jurisdiction in another state, who have practiced in that state for one year since their admission, shall be permitted to enter upon the examination after one year of study in this state. The period of this preliminary study may be spent in the office of a practicing attorney of this state after the age of 18 has been reached, or after such age by attending a law school of sufficient standing, or partly under one of these conditions and partly under the other; and the computation of the time so spent in the office of an attorney shall commence at the filing with the clerk of the court of appeals of such attorney's certificate announcing the clerkship. If the applicant be a graduate of a college or university, he must have pursued the prescribed course of study. after his graduation, and, if he be a person admitted to the bar of another state or country, he must have pursued his prescribed period of study after having remained as a practicing attorney in such other state or country for one year.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Time and Place of Holding. Examinations are held in each department at least twice a year. Information regarding the exact times and places may

be obtained of the secretary of the board. Such examinations are divided by the board into two groups, viz.: Group 1, Pleading, Practice, and Evidence; group 2, Substantive. The test may be oral or written, or partly oral and partly written, and shall embrace questions on the subjects selected by the board. If the board favors admission, it will so signify to the Supreme Court; but, if not, the rejected applicant shall not be allowed re-examination for three months.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

An attorney who has been admitted to practice in another state, and who has practiced therein for one year, shall offer, by his affidavit, proof of such admission and pursuit of his profession, and of the prescribed period of study for one year in this state, and shall then be permitted to undergo the examination of the board. One who has been admitted to practice in the highest court of law in another jurisdiction and has practiced his profession there for a period of three years, or who, being an American citizen and domiciled in a foreign country, has received such diploma or degree therein as would entitle him, if a citizen of such foreign country, to practice law in its courts, may, in the discretion of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, be admitted here without examination, after furnishing satisfactory evidence of character and qualifications. An attorney residing in an adjoining state, upon compliance. with above rule, may, without change of residence, be admitted upon proof that he intends to maintain an office in this state.

Race or Sex No Bar to Admission.

Race or sex shall offer no bar to admission in this state.

Source of Rules.

Rules Ct. App. adopted December 20, 1906, to take effect July 1, 1907; Rules Board of Examiners, July 1, 1907.

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1794 to 1911.

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Age-Character.

North Carolina.

Persons who may apply for admission shall be of full age and of good moral character. Applicants resident of this state shall offer proof of such good moral character by certificate, signed by two members of the bar of this court. Those applying by virtue of admission in some other state may offer such proof by certificate signed by any state officer of the state from which they come.

Application-Proofs Required-Fee.

Applications must be filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Raleigh, and must be accompanied by the proofs required by these rules. A fee of $23.50 will accompany each application, which sum (except $1.50 for the clerk) will be returned in case applicant fails to pass the examination.

Term of Study.

Each applicant shall have read law for a period of two years, and during the course of such study shall have perused Ewell's Essentials (3 vols.), Clark on Corporations, Schouler on Executors, Bispham's Equity, Clark's Code of Civil Procedure, Revisal 1905 of North Carolina (vol. 1), the Constitutions of the United States and of the state of North Carolina, Creasy's English Constitution, Sharswood's Legal Ethics, Sheppard's Constitutional Text-Book, and Cooley's Principles of Constitutional Law (or their equivalents). Proof of said period of study shall be by certificate of a dean of a law school or a member of the bar of this court under whose instruction such study was pursued.