Recommendations of the Committee on Legal Education of the American Bar Association Respecting Requirements for Admission to the Bar.

In 1897 the Committee on Legal Education of the American Bar Association recommended the following provisions "as forming a consistent system that shall both protect the profession and guide the student."

Citizenship-Age-Character.

No one should be admitted to the bar unless he is of good moral character, is twenty-one years of age, and is a citizen of the state.

Registration.

Upon beginning professional study a student should register his name in the office of a clerk of a court of record or in a law school that is incorporated or is a department of an incorporated university.

Upon petition, the law examiners should relieve from the requirements as to registration a candidate whose law studies began while he was not a citizen of the state; but they should not grant relief upon terms that would give such a candidate. a preference over ordinary candidates.

General Education.

Prior to registration a student should prove that he has received at least the equivalent of a high school education, such proof being made by filing certificates or by passing examinations, as may be determined by the law examiners.