APPLICANTS FOR EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION AS Application-Fee. Applications for examination and registration as law students must be filed with the secretary of the State Board of Examiners, Charles L. McKeehan, West End Trust Bldg., Phila., at least 21 days before the date of examination, and must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the good moral character of the applicant, which shall consist of a certificate to that effect signed by at least three members of the bar in good standing in the judicial district in which the applicant resides or intends to practice. A fee of $25 must be paid at or before the time of filing the application. General Education-Examination-Registration. Applicant must pass a written preliminary examination in English language and literature, outlines of universal history, history of England and of the United States, arithmetic, algebra through quadratics, plane geometry, modern geography, the first four books of Cæsar's Commentaries, the first six books of the Eneid, and the first four orations of Cicero against Catiline: Provided, that an applicant who holds an academic degree from a college or university approved by the court may register as a student at law without taking the preliminary examination. An applicant who fails in more than two subjects will be given no credit whatever, but may appear for re-examination at any preliminary examination held within the succeeding year, without filing additional credentials, upon payment of one-half the regular examination fee. An applicant who fails, and does not appear for re-examination within the succeeding year, must, in order to qualify for another examination, pay the regular examination fee. An applicant who fails in not more than two subjects will be given credit in the subjects in which he passes and will be permitted to appear for reexamination in the subjects in which he fails at the next succeeding preliminary examination, without filing additional credentials and without the payment of any examination fee. In either instance, notice must be given to the secretary of the board at least 21 days in advance. Upon receiving a certificate recommending his registration, the candidate shall cause his name, age, place of residence, the name of his preceptor or law school in which he proposes to pursue his studies, to be registered with the prothonotary of the Supreme Court for the district to which his county belongs. APPLICANTS FOR FINAL EXAMINATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR. Examination-Term of Study-Scope-Fee. Applicants must have studied law at least three years after registration, either by attendance at a law school offering a three years' course of eight months per year, or partly in a law school and partly in the office of a practicing attorney, or by service of a regular clerkship in the office of a practicing attorney, and must advertise their intention to apply for admission in a newspaper published within the judicial district in which the applicants reside, and in the Legal Intelligencer, once a week for four weeks immediately preceding the filing of his application. His application must be filed 21 days before the examination, and be accompanied by a certificate, signed by at least three members of the bar residing in the judicial district in which applicant resides, as to his moral character, and also a certificate from the dean of the law school or preceptor that he has been in regular attendance and pursued the study of law with dili gence. The examination is in writing, and embraces the subjects of Blackstone's Commentaries, Constitutional Law, including the Constitutions of the United States and Pennsylvania, Equity, Real and Personal Property, Evidence, Decedents' Estates, Landlord and Tenant, Contracts, Commercial Law, Partnership, Corporations, Crimes, Torts, Domestic Relations, Common-Law Pleading and Practice, Pennsylvania Practice, Federal Statutes relating to the Judiciary and Bankruptcy, Pennsylvania Statutes and Decisions, and the Rules of Court. A fee of $25 must be paid to the board at or before the time of filing the application. If the applicant fails to pass, he may appear for re-examination at any final examination held within the succeeding year, without filing additional credentials, upon payment of one-half the regular examination fee. Notice must be filed with the secretary of the board at least 21 days in advance. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. Attorneys in good standing who have been admitted to the court of last resort of another state, who have practiced therein for at least five years, and who can furnish evidence of good moral character, may be admitted without examination upon the recommendation of the state board of examiners. Attorneys in good standing from other states who have practiced at least one year may, in the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be admitted in Pennsylvania upon taking the final examination only. Attorneys who are members in good standing of a court of record of another state, but who have not practiced at said bar, may be admitted to final examination, without previous registration in Pennsylvania, providing they shall have served a regular clerkship in the office of a practicing attorney in this state for a period of at least one year. In the last two cases, however, it is the practice of the board to re quire applicants to pass the preliminary as well as final examination, excepting applicants who hold academic degrees approved by the Supreme Court for the registration of law students. All applications must be accompanied by a fee of $25. Miscellaneous. Examinations, both preliminary and final, are held simultaneously during July and December, in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and petitions to take the examination must be filed with the board. All applications must be on the forms provided by the Board of Examiners. A pamphlet containing fuller information can be obtained from the secretary of the Board of Examiners. These rules apply solely to admissions in the Supreme Court. Source of Rules. Rules Sup. Ct.; Circular of Information Issued by State Board of Law Examiners. PENNSYLVANIA DECISIONS. 1754 to 1915. A complete set of the reports of the Pennsylvania court of last resort (down to 1915) consists of: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reports, 1754-1845. Addison, 1 vol. Yeates, 4 vols. Binney, 6 vols. Sergeant & Rawle, 17 vols. Rawle, 5 vols. Penrose & Watts, 3 vols. Watts, 10 vols. Wharton, 6 vols. Watts & Sergeant, 9 vols. Pennsylvania State Reports, 245 vols., 1844-1915. All decisions subsequent to vol. 109 Pennsylvania, are reported in the Atlantic Reporter, 91 vols. In fact, this is the only medium for obtaining all the decisions. Upward of 1,500 cases have been omitted from the Pennsylvania State Reports, and these are all reported in full in the Atlantic Reporter. The Atlantic also contains all decisions for the last 30 years of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 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 vol ume. There are many side reports, periodicals, etc., covering the decisions of the inferior courts of Pennsylvania. The list is too long to include here, but we will furnish a catalogue in which these are set forth on request. We will be pleased to quote prices and furnish full information regarding the Atlantic Reporter on request. WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. |