In re Admission to Practice

Citations

• 14 S.D. 429
• 85 N.W. 992
• 1901 S.D. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>1. Though Act March 8, 1901, prescribing the requirements for admission to practice law, failed to make provision for those who had been engaged in the practice by virtue of a certificate of the circuit courts, such persons had a vested right, of which they could not be deprived by legislation, and are not obliged to submit to the examination required by said act.</p> <p>2. Act March 8, 1901, § 2, provides that an applicant for admission to practice law must have pursued a course of study enumerated, and, in case he does not possess a diploma or certificate, he may be admitted if the court is satisfied he possesses the requisite qualifications. Section 3 provides that a person who has been admitted to the bar of another state, where he has previously resided, may be admitted without examination or proof of period of study on presenting a certificate of admission to practice law in the highest courts of the state from which he came, and on satisfactory evidence in writing or by examination that he has the requisite education, and has pursued for three years a course of law studies. Held, that an applicant holding a certificate of admission to practice in another state must prove that he has practiced three years, and also that' he has pursued the studies enumerated in Section 2.</p>