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. 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, Thursday, and Friday after New Year's Day; second Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in June. These dates are subject to change from time to time. Information as to the exact dates may be obtained by addressing Dean Henry Craig Jones, 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 comprise written questions upon the subjects of Agency, Bailments and Carriers, CommonLaw Pleading, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Relations, Equity Jurisprudence, Equity Pleading, Evidence, Insurance, Negotiable Instruments, Partnership, Real Property, Sales, Sure tyship, Torts, and Wills. 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 are 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 in such other state or territory. 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. 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 upon being admitted to practice. Source of Rules. Code 1913, c. 119; Order of Supreme Court of Appeals, June 16, 1897; Rules Law Faculty of State University. WEST VIRGINIA DECISIONS. 1863 to 1915. A complete set of West Virginia Reports (down to 1915) consists of 72 vols. All decisions subsequent to vol. 28 West Virginia are reported in the Southeastern Reporter, 82 vols. The set also contains all decisions of the parent state (Virginia) for the past 28 years, including some 349 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 28 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. WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. Citizenship-Residence-Age-Character. Any citizen of the United States, or one who has declared his intention, who is a resident of the state, 21 years of age, and of good moral character, shall be eligible to the examination for admission to the bar. Good moral character of the applicant must be shown by the production of 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. General Education. Every person otherwise qualified, who is a graduate of the University, or of a college, normal school, or academy of this state, or of a free high school of this state, having a four years' course of study, or of an approved university, college, normal school, academy, or other school of another state, shall be exempt from the preliminary examination upon production of his certificate of graduation. Every other person shall satisfy the board that he has the general educational qualifications, other than attendance, required for graduation from a free high school of this state having a four years' course of study. A certificate from a superintendent of any such high school or from such other person as may be designated by the board, to the effect that applicant has by examination sat-. isfactorily established such general educational qualifications, shall be accepted by the board as proof thereof, but shall not lexclude other methods of proof satisfactory to the board. 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, Bailments and Carriers, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations (including Municipal Corporations), Criminal Law, Courts and their jurisdiction, Domestic Relations (including Marriage and Divorce), Equity, Evidence, Insurance, Mortgages and other liens, Negotiable Instruments, Partnership, Pleading and Practice, Probate Law (including Wills, Administration, and Descent and Distribution), Real Property, Sales, Torts, Trusts. The examination may cover the common-law rules on the foregoing subjects and the statutory modifications thereof in Wisconsin. 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 the Supreme Court. 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. |