Age-Character. Persons who may apply for admission must have attained the age of 21 years or will arrive at that age before the time for the next examination, and must be 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. No formal application is required, and no application blanks are used. 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, 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. Examination-Regulations-Scope-Time and Place of Holding. Examinations will be held at Raleigh on the first Monday in February and the last Monday in August of each year and at no other time. The candidate shall undergo a written test before the justices of the Supreme Court upon the various branches of the law, and, if deemed sufficiently capable, as disclosed by the test, he shall take the oath of office. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. If the applicant has obtained license to practice law in another state, he may, in lieu of the certificate of two years' reading and proficiency, file (with leave to withdraw) his law license issued by said state. In all other respects he must comply with the requirements made for other applicants. Miscellaneous. The Supreme Court has decided (55 S. E. 635) that one who complies with the formal requirements prescribed by the statute is entitled to become an applicant and to be examined, and, if he shows himself to have competent knowledge, it is the duty of the court to license him without investigating his general moral character. Source of Rules. Rev. Laws 1908, §§ 207, 208; Rules Sup. Ct.; In re Applicants for License (N. C.) 55 S. E. 635. NORTH CAROLINA DECISIONS 1778 to 1917. A complete set of North Carolina Reports (down to 1917) consists of 171 vols. All North Carolina decisions subsequent to vol. 95 are reported in the Southeastern Reporter, 90 vols. The set also contains all decisions for the last 30 years of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. 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 prices and full informa WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. NORTH DAKOTA Residence-Age-Character. Every applicant for admission shall be a resident of the state, 21 years of age, and of good moral character, which latter fact shall be shown by affidavit of the secretary or dean of the law school he attended or the attorney in whose office he studied. Application-Form and Contents-Fee. Applications, on blanks furnished by the clerk of the Supreme Court, must be filed with the clerk at Bismarck as soon as possible before the date of the examination, and must contain all the proofs as to age, residence, good moral character, period of study, etc., required by the rules. If the application is for admission on motion, a fee of $3 will be paid at the time of filing; if for admission on examination, a fee of $20. Term of Study. Each applicant for admission must have pursued a regular course of study of the law for at least three years, either in the office of a member of the bar engaged in active practice in this state or under the direction of a judge of the Supreme Court, district court, or county court having increased jurisdiction of this state, or in some reputable law school in the United States, or partly in such office and partly in such law school. In no case will applicants be admitted to examination unless it shall appear that they have pursued a course of study equivalent to that required of candidates for graduation in the law department of the State University. It shall be the duty of attorneys in this state with whom a clerkship has begun to file with the clerk of the Supreme Court a certificate stating the date of the commencement of such clerkship, and such period shall be deemed to commence at the time of such filing. Examinations-Regulations-Scope-Time and Place of Holding. Examinations are held at Grand Forks at a date in June or July, fixed each year by the State Board of Bar Examiners, and at Fargo on the first Tuesday of December. The candidate shall undergo a public examination as to his legal attainments before the State Board of Bar Examiners consisting of three attorneys appointed by the Supreme Court. Such examination shall be both written and oral. The board shall report the results to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court shall authorize the issuance of certificates of admission to those who have successfully passed the examination. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. The statute provides that any person who has been admitted to practice in another state, in which he has previously resided may be admitted here on written motion filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court by a member of the bar of this court, provided he has become a resident of the state. Such person shall, in the discretion of the Supreme Court, be exempt from examination and proof of study, upon proof of the qualifications as to age, residence and good moral character, and proof that the applicant has practiced law for three years in the state of his admission and is in good standing in that state. A fee of $3 shall accompany the application. The rules of the Supreme Court provide that such written motion shall be accompanied by the applicant's certificate of admission to practice in the foreign state and his affidavit, which shall disclose the place or places where he has practiced law in such foreign state or states, the length of time he has practiced and shall show that he has been actively and continuously engaged in the practice of law at the places designated in the foreign state or states for a period of more than three years in the aggregate. He shall also give the name and postoffice address of one or more of the district or circuit judges, who have presided during said time in the court before which he has practiced, and, where possible, present the certificate of such judge showing the above facts in support of his application. His affidavit shall also disclose whether any proceedings in disbarment or suspension of his license to practice are pending against him or were pending at the time of his removal from the foreign jurisdiction, and that he is still an attorney at law in good standing in such foreign state. Applicant must also furnish the affidavits of at least two practicing attorneys of said state who were fellow practitioners, stating that he is of good moral character and a proper person to be licensed. Upon the hearing of the motion. the court may orally examine the applicant as to his qualifications and his right to admission to the bar of this state. Miscellaneous. The Supreme Court has decided that graduates of so-called "correspondence schools" are not within the meaning of the statute, and in consequence are not entitled to admission. Source of Rules. Comp. Laws 1913, §§ 782-793; Sup. Ct. Rules (145 N. W. xiv). NORTH DAKOTA DECISIONS 1867 to 1917. A complete set of reports for North Dakota (down to 1917) consists of: Dakota Territorial, 6 vols., 1867-1889. North Dakota, 33 vols., 1889-1917. All decisions of Dakota Territory and of North and South Dakota are reported in the Northwestern Reporter, 159 vols. The set also contains all decisions for the last 38 years of Iowa, |