Citizenship-Residence-Age-Character.

Any person applying for license to practice in this state must appear before and prove to the satisfaction of the county court. of the county in which he had resided for the last preceding year that he has been a resident of such county during that period, that he is 21 years of age, and of good moral character. Upon such proof being made, the court shall make and enter an order on its record accordingly.

Preliminary Education.

The applicant must show that he possesses educational attainments equal to those usually attained in the high schools of this state, which facts may be ascertained by the law faculty of the State University in such manner as it may determine.

Term of Study.

Before admission to examination the candidate shall present satisfactory evidence that he has studied law for two successive years next preceding the application, either in a law school, law office, or privately.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Time and Place of Holding. Examinations are held at Morgantown, W. Va., on the following named dates: First Wednesday after 1st day of January; first Wednesday in April; last Wednesday in September. These dates are subject to change from time to time. Information as to the exact dates may be obtained by addressing Dean C. E. Hogg, Morgantown, W. Va. Such examinations are under the direction of the professors of law of the universities of West Virginia, who have been constituted a commission for that purpose by the Supreme Court of Appeals, and shall (177)

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comprise written questions upon the subjects of Blackstone, Code of West Virginia, Torts, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Contracts, Agency, Bailments, Insurance, Corporations, Pleading, Real Property, Negotiable Paper, Partnership, Suretyship, Guaranty, Evidence, Sales, Equity Practice and Pleading, and Constitutional Law. To those who successfully pass the examination, the law faculty issues a certificate of examination, which, when presented to the Supreme Court of Appeals, together with a certified copy of the order of the county court, mentioned elsewhere in these rules, entitles the holder to a license to practice law in the courts of this state. If the applicant fails to pass the examination, he is given credit for the branches he completes successfully, and may pass the remaining branches at any future examination. An examination fee of $5 and a fee of $2.50 for license shall be required.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Attorneys practicing in courts of record of another state or territory or in the District of Columbia may practice as such in the courts of this state, upon producing satisfactory evidence of such previous admission; but this rule shall not be construed to admit any one to practice in this state on a license granted by another state, who resides or intends to make his residence in this state at the time he makes application for the license to practice.

Admission on Diploma.

Any person who shall produce a duly certified copy of an order of the county court as mentioned in the first paragraph of these rules, together with a diploma from the law school of the West Virginia University, shall be admitted to practice in any and all courts of this state without further examination. A license fee of $2.50 shall be paid.

Miscellaneous.

It is not necessary to appear in person in order to have a law license issued. It is necessary to appear in court and take the prescribed oath in being admitted to practice.

Source of Rules.

Code 1906, c. 119; Order of Supreme Court of Appeals, June 16, 1897; Rules Law Faculty of State University.

WEST VIRGINIA DECISIONS.

1863 to 1911.

A complete set of West Virginia Reports (down to 1911) consists of 67 vols. All decisions subsequent to vol. 28 West Virginia are reported in the Southeastern Reporter, 68 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 24 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 24 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.

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Citizenship-Residence-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, or of the judge of the circuit or county court of such county.

Application-When to be Filed.

Application, together with the credentials required by the rules, must be filed with the secretary of the Board of Examiners, L. J. Rusk, Chippewa Falls, at least 30 days before examination day, on regular forms which will be furnished.

General Education.

Applicants who are not graduates of the university or a college or free high school having a four years' course must take an examination as to their educational qualifications before a superintendent of a high school or such other person as may be designated by the state board of law examiners.

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-Time and Place of Holding. Examinations are held in Milwaukee on the third Tuesday in January and in Madison on the third Tuesday in July.

Such examinations are written and oral, held by a state board consisting of five members of the bar, and 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; Real Property, including Landlord and Tenant; Replevin, Torts, Trusts and Trustees, Wills, and the Statutes of Wisconsin relating to the subjects mentioned. Every applicant whose average markings shall be 75 per cent. on a basis of 100 per cent. shall be entitled to the certificate of the board, which will entitle him to a license upon presentation to any court of record in the state. An applicant who fails in three successive examinations shall not be permitted to take another examination within one year from his last examination without the consent of the board.

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 by any court of record 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.