THE SUPREME COURTS OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA WITH KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS CONTAINING A TABLE OF SOUTHEASTERN CASES IN WHICH REHEARINGS AUGUST 4 DECEMBER 1, 1917 ST. PAUL WEST PUBLISHING CO. 1918 AMENDMENTS TO RULES SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 1 Adopted August 27, 1917 APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE TO PRAC TICE LAW. 1. Applicants for license to practice law will be examined on the last Monday in January and the Monday preceding the last Monday in August of each year, and at no other time. Examination will be in writing. 2. Applicants must have attained the age Clark's Code of Civil Procedure; Constitution of North Carolina; Sheppard's Constitutional Text-Book; Cooley's Principles of Constitutional Law (or their equivalents); Also some approved text-book on each of the following subjects: Agency, Bailments, Carriers, Corporations, Equity, Executors, Negotiable Instruments, Partnership and Sales. Applicants must have read law for two years at least, and shall file with the clerk a certificate of good moral character, signed by two members of the bar who are practicing attorneys of this court, and also a certificate of the dean of a law school or a mem1 For other rules, see 81 S. E. vii; 93 S.E. ber of the bar of this court, that the applicant has read law under his instruction, or to his knowledge or satisfaction, for two years, and upon examination by such instructor has been found competent and proficient in said course. Such certificate, while indispensable, will of course not be conclusive evidence of proficiency. An applicant from another state can file a certificate of good moral character signed by any state officer of the state from which he comes. If the applicant has obtained license to practice law in another state, in lieu of the certificate of two years reading and proficiency he can file (with leave to withdraw) his law license issued by said state. 3. Each applicant shall deposit with the clerk a sum of money sufficient to pay the license fee before he shall be examined, and if upon examination he shall fail to entitle himself to receive a license, the money will be returned to him. The amount required is $23.50, $20 of which is the tax prescribed by statute, $1.50 registration fee, and $2 due printers for the parchment upon which certificates of license are issued. The above requirements apply also to lawyers from other states wishing to locate and engage in the practice here. No formal application is required and no application blanks are used. The applicant may comply with above requirements at any time by Friday preceding day of examination, either by mail or in person. 88 S. E. vi; 89 S. E. vi; 90 S. E. vi. (vi) |