In re Ellis

Citations

• 118 Wash. 484
• 203 P. 957
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 668

Syllabus

<p>Attobney and Client (1) — Qualifications fob Admission — Examination — Discbetion of Boabd — Statutes—Constbuction. The state board of law examiners, under Laws 1921, ch. 126, p. 407, is an arm of the supreme court created to aid the court in determining questions incident to the admission and disciplining of attorneys, and its rules in that respect are rules of the court.</p> <p>Same (1) — “May” and “Shall.” Laws 1921, p. 411, § 9, providing that applicants to practice law “may be admitted on accredited certificates” or upon examination, and that a diploma from the law school of the University of Washington is an accredited certificate, does not entitle the holder of such a diploma to admission, unless he also passes the bar examination under authority of Laws 1921, p. 417, § 19.</p> <p>Same (1). The right to practice law not being a right cLe jure given hy statute,. Laws 1921, p. 411, § 9, providing that applicants “may” tie admitted on diplomas of graduation from tlie law school of the University of Washington cannot he construed as mandatory.</p> <p>Bridges and Tolman, JJ„ dissent.</p>