Domestic Relations; Tiffany on Domestic Relations; Long on Domestic Relations; Schouler on Executors and Adminis trators, or Woerner's American Law of Administration; Croswell on Executors and Administrators; Maupin on Marketable Title to Real Estate (2d Ed.); Cooley or Pollock on Torts; Hale on Torts; Schouler, Underhill, or Rood on Wills; Gardner on Wills; the Constitutions of the United States and of Florida; Florida Decisions upon the Constitution of Florida; General Statutes of Florida; Rules of Practice of the Circuit and Supreme Courts of Florida.

Examination - Regulations - Scope - Fee - Time and Place of Holding.

Examinations are held in the Supreme Court rooms on the the third Tuesdays in April and October of each year.

If applicant's qualifications as to age and good moral character are sufficient, he shall enter upon the examination, based on the course of study above prescribed, before the Supreme Court. Examinations are held in open court, and are in writing, but may be supplemented by oral questions. A minimuin average of 75 per cent. on both written and oral questions is required in order to entitle applicant to admission. In case of success, the candidate shall pay to the clerk a fee of $5 for a certificate of admission.

Admission on Diploma.

A graduate of any law school chartered by and existing in this state, or any graduate of the law department of any chartered university in this state, which school or department shall maintain the course of study prescribed by the Supreme Court and the character of whose work is satisfactory to said court shall, at any regular examination, receive a license or permission to practice law in all the courts of this state without examination as to legal attainments, upon producing to the Supreme Court his diploma, duly issued by the proper authori

ties, and upon giving satisfactory evidence that he is twentyone years of age and of good moral character.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Any person furnishing satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and proof that he has practiced law for five years next preceding the date of his application, and has been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state from which he comes, shall be admitted to practice in this state, without examination as to legal attainments, provided that attorneys who have been admitted to practice in this state are admitted without examination in the state from which he comes.

Miscellaneous.

Power to admit to practice is vested solely in the Supreme Court. The court may, in its discretion, examine and admit attorneys to practice at any time that the court may be in session upon good cause being shown as to why such examination for admission could not as well and conveniently have been had at the beginning of the term during which it is applied for, and why it may not as conveniently be had at the beginning of the next ensuing term. Applicants in such cases must file their application with the clerk at least ten days before the time of its presentation to the court.

Source of Rules.

Comp. Laws Fla. 1914, § 1347 et seq.; Laws 1915, c. 6903; Sup. Ct. Rules, June 1907, and Special Rule No. 10, Dec. 12, 1916.

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Application-Age-Citizenship-Character-Fee.

Any person desiring to become a member of the bar in this state shall make a written application to a judge of any superior court, at least 10 days before the day of examination, stating that he is a citizen of this state, has read law, and is of good moral character. This application must be accompanied with a certificate from two practicing members of the bar of the state of Georgia as to the applicant's moral character, and that they have examined him upon the various branches of the law and deem him qualified to apply for admission to the practice of the law. The applicant must also exhibit to the judge along with his application a receipt showing that he has paid to the chairman of the board of examiners a fee of $15.

Examination-Time and Place of Holding-Scope-Regulations.

Examinations are held on the Wednesdays next after the fourth Monday of June and the second Monday of December, at places to be designated by the judge of the superior court in each circuit. Such examinations are conducted in the presence of the judge, each applicant writing and numbering his answers to correspond with the printed list of questions prepared by the state board of law examiners, on the following subjects: Principles of Common and Statute Law of England of force in this state; Law of Pleading and Evidence; Principles of Equity, and Equity Pleading and Practice; Revised Code of Georgia; Constitution of the United States and of this state; and the Rules of Practice in the Superior Courts of the state. The questions and answers are sent by the judges of the superior courts to the board of examiners, which meets in Atlanta immediately afterwards and passes upon

the sufficiency of the answers to entitle the applicants to admission. A general average of 70 per cent. is required in order successfully to pass the examination. An admitted applicant pays a fee of $5 to the clerk of the superior court who issues the license.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Any attorney, residing in another state, having license to practice law in a circuit court therein, may be admitted to practice law in the superior courts of this state: Provided attorneys of this state are likewise permitted to practice law in such other state. He shall present a written petition to the judge of the superior court in any circuit, accompanied by a certificate from a judge of the circuit or district court of the state of which he is a resident, stating that the applicant is of good moral character and has been legally admitted to practice in such circuit, and that by the laws of that state the attorneys of this state are permitted to practice law therein, on equal

terms.

Any attorney of another state, who becomes a resident of this state, may be immediately admitted to practice in the superior courts of this state, by making application to the judge of the superior court in any circuit, accompanied by satisfactory evidence of his admission and good standing in a court of similar jurisdiction in the state from which he comes, and by submitting to such examination as to the laws of this state as said judge of the superior court may require: Provided the state from which he comes admits by comity upon the same conditions a licensed attorney of this state who goes to such other state to reside and practice law; otherwise such applicant must stand the regular written examination as hereinbefore prescribed for other applicants. A fee of $5 is required in either case, payable to the clerk of the superior court who issues the license.