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ington, and Wyoming. Tables of cross-citations make the cases perfectly available, however cited.

Owing to the large amount of mining litigation in Colorado, the Pacific is of particular importance there, as it contains the decisions of all the West Coast states, in which the same questions are likely to have arisen. Write for prices and full information.

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Connecticut.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

The candidate for admission to the bar shall prove to the satisfaction of the committee that he is a citizen of the United States, 21 years of age, and of good moral character, provided that, in case he shall reach his majority before the next semiannual meeting of the committee, he shall be admitted to the examination and, upon recommendation, admitted to practice after he shall become 21.

General Education.

He shall satisfy the committee that he has graduated from a high school, college, or preparatory school of good standing, or has been admitted to a law school, the requirements for entrance to which shall be approved by the committee.

Term of Study.

He shall certify to the committee, too, that after arriving at the age of 18 he has studied for three years in a law school or in an office under the supervision of a practicing attorney, or both, provided that, in the case of those not graduates of a law school, at least one year of such study shall be spent in this state.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

Previous to the examination an application shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court where the examination is held, containing a certificate from the clerk of the superior court of the county in which he intends to apply, which must be the county in which he has last studied, or, if he has not studied in an office, the county in which he resides, stating that the candidate has filed an application, accompanied by a certificate of good moral character signed by two members of the bar of the state of at least five years' standing, on or before May 1st

for the June examination, and on or before December 1st for the December examination, and that it was approved by the bar of the county. The list of subjects to be contained in the test is left to the discretion of the committee, consisting of 15 members of the bar, of which one or more shall be judges of the superior court, and the rest attorneys residing in this state, but such test shall include questions upon the Law of Pleading, Practice, and Evidence, Constitutional Law, the Law of Real and Personal Property, Contracts, Torts, Equity, Criminal Law, Wills and Administration, Corporations, Partnership, Negotiable Paper, Agency, Bailments, and Domestic Relations. A fee of $10 shall accompany the application, and in case of success in the test another fee of $5 shall be deposited with the clerk who issues the license.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Attorneys licensed in other states shall be admitted to examination upon satisfactory proof that they have been duly admitted in such state; that they are citizens of the United States, 21 years of age, and of good moral character; that they have filed with the clerk of the superior court in the county in which they reside notice of intention to apply; and that such application has been approved by the bar of the county. If one such has practiced for three years before the bar of another state, he shall be admitted without examination upon proof of the general qualifications required of other applicants.

Miscellaneous.

It shall be the duty of every attorney in this state who takes a pupil for instruction to register the name and the date of the beginning of study of such pupil, and the computation of the term of study shall commence with such registration.

Examinations are held at 10 a. m. in the Supreme Court room at Hartford on the Friday after Christmas (if this or the following day is New Years, then the second day before New Years), and at 'New Haven on the third Thursday before the

last Monday of June at the Yale Law School Building, at the same hour.

Source of Rules.

Gen. St. 1902, §§ 458, 459, 4795; Rules Super. Ct. Feb. 15, 1905, as amended June, 1906.

CONNECTICUT DECISIONS.

1785 to 1907.

A complete set of Connecticut Reports (down to 1907) consists of:

Kirby, 1 vol.
Root, 2 vols.
Day, 5 vols.

Connecticut, 78 vols.

The Atlantic Reporter, 65 vols., contains all decisions from and including vol. 53 Conn., and also all decisions for the past 22 years for Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It contains, also, hundreds of decisions omitted from the State Reports. Tables of cross-citations make the cases perfectly available, however cited. We will be pleased to furnish specific information and prices on application.

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Delaware.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

The candidate shall be a resident of this state and of the county in which he is registered, 18 years of age before registration, and of good moral character.

General Education.

He shall pass an examination in Latin, higher mathematics, and English and American history, before the board of examiners, previous to his commencement of the study of law, and the certificate of the board must be approved by a resident judge of the county before he can be registered as a student.

Term of Study.

A preliminary term of study of three years in the office of a practicing attorney of ten years' standing shall be pursued before the examination.

Examination-Regulations-Scope.

The test of legal qualifications shall be such as the board of examiners may decide upon. The oath prescribed by law shall follow, if the general qualifications before mentioned have been fulfilled.

Miscellaneous.

Examinations are held on Thursdays, commencing three weeks before the February, May, and November terms, and applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners at Wilmington.

Source of Rules.

Rev. St. 1874, c. 92, § 6; Id. c. 24, § 4; 13 Del. Laws, c. 117, § 3; Rules of Board of Examiners.

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