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Miscellaneous.

Students in the Law Department of the State University who are recommended for graduation by the faculty, provided the three-years course of study has been pursued, one year at least in such Law School, may be examined at the University by the commission and admitted without further test. Examinations are held at Des Moines on first Tuesday in October and Tuesday before first Thursday in June, and at the University at Iowa City Thursday before annual commencement. Applications must be filed with clerk ten days before commencement of term at which examination is to be taken.

Source of Rules.

Ann. Code 1897, §§ 309-315; Act April 16, 1901; Rules Sup. Ct. Jan. 1, 1904; Rules of Board of Examiners, Aug. 28, 1901 (87 N. W. v).

IOWA DECISIONS.

1839 to 1907.

A complete set of Iowa Reports (down to 1907) consists of: Morris, 1 vol.

G. Greene, 4 vols.
Iowa, 130 vols.

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Citizenship-Character.

Kansas.

The applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and must file with the secretary of the Board of Examiners a certificate as to his moral character, signed by a judge of the district or common pleas court and three members of the bar of the county in which he resides.

Preliminary Education-Term of Study.

A preliminary education equivalent to a standard high school course of four years is required. Applicant must have studied three years in the office of a practicing attorney, or be a graduate of the Law Department of the University of Kansas, or some other law school requiring a similar term of study.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

The applicant's petition, in his own handwriting and verified by his affidavit, must be filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court, and must state his full name, residence, place and date of birth, and, if foreign born, the facts showing that he is a citizen of the United States; also his occupation and residence during the preceding five years. If a graduate of a law school, it must give the name and location of the school and date of graduation, or, if not a law school graduate, must state petitioner's general education, exclusive of legal study, with whom law studies were pursued, and the books read. The examination shall be held in open court, and shall be oral or in writing, or partly one and partly the other, in the discretion of the board,. and shall cover the following subjects: Elementary Law, Roman Law, Persons, Property, Constitutional History and Law, International Law, Conflict of Laws, Equity, Equity Pleading and Practice, Contracts, Evidence, Real Property, Mortgages, Negotiable Instruments, Agency, Sales, Bailments, Partnership, Corporations, Carriers, Municipal Corporations, Torts, Wills and Administration, Insurance, Extraordinary Legal

Remedies, Provisional Remedies under Kansas Statutes, Domestic Relations, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Common Law, Pleading, Federal Practice, Kansas Code Pleading and Practice, Legal Ethics, etc.

A fee of $25 shall accompany the application, which fee will be returned in the event of failure. In case applicant fails to pass, he shall be allowed to file a subsequent application only upon the written consent of at least three members of the board.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

All applicants who shall be otherwise qualified, and who have been admitted to practice in the highest court of another jurisdiction, and have practiced there continuously for a period of three years or more, and continued to practice there or elsewhere up to the time of making application here, shall constitute a class and be examined separately, in such manner as the board may determine. Their petition must state the time and place of admission to practice, and the place or places in which they have practiced, with the time of practice in each case; also whether disbarment proceedings have ever been begun against the applicant, and the result.

Miscellaneous.

Examinations are held at Topeka, in the Supreme Court room, on the third Mondays of January and June. Petitions, accompanied by the required fee, must be filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Topeka, at least 30 days before the examination, and diplomas and all other credentials and papers required by the rules must be filed with the secretary of the board, Mr. L. H. Perkins, Lawrence, Kan., at least three weeks before the first day of the examination.

Any person admitted to practice in the district and inferior courts of this state prior to June 1, 1903, will be admitted to practice in this court on motion; and any practicing attorney of any state or territory, having professional business in this court, may be admitted for the time and purpose of such business upon taking the prescribed oath. Each attorney resident

in Kansas, upon being admitted under this rule, shall pay $3 to the clerk.

Source of Rules.

Gen. St. 1905, §§ 395-398; Laws 1905, c. 67; Sup. Ct. Rules 25-28; Rules Board of Examiners.

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KANSAS DECISIONS.

1858 to 1907.

A complete set of Kansas Reports (down to 1907) consists

Kansas, 72 vols., 1862-1907.

Kansas Appeals, 10 vols., 1895-1903.

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Kentucky.

Citizenship-Age-Character.

The applicant shall be 21 years of age, and shall file with his petition the certificate of the county court of the county in which he resides, stating that he is a person of honesty, probity, and good demeanor.

Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee.

After receipt of the certificate of the county court, the candidate shall, at least ten days before the beginning of the next regular term, file with the clerk of the circuit court of any county in a circuit court district in which the applicant does not reside, a written application for a license, addressed to the judge and accompanied by the certificate above referred to. The examination shall be set for some day of the current term. Each applicant shall be examined by the circuit judge and at least two lawyers in Equity Jurisprudence, Common Law, Constitutional Law, both Federal and State, Criminal Law, Torts, Real Property, Contracts, Pleading, Evidence, Negotiable Instruments, and Public and Private Corporations. If a general average of 75 per cent. is received, the license shall be issued upon the payment of the regular fees to the clerk. This license. entitles the holder to practice in all of the courts of the state.

Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions.

Under Acts 1902, p. 45, §§ 1-9, attorneys from other jurisdictions are not admitted without examination on presentation of certificate, as heretofore, but must comply with the same rules as are prescribed for applicants residing in the state. This act, however, does not prevent a nonresident attorney in good standing from appearing and practicing in a case in which he may be employed. Such attorneys may be admitted to practice for the time and purpose of such case by appearing in, and being introduced to, the court. No oath is administered.

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