several committees will meet when summoned by their respective chairmen. The public examination by the court will be held on Monday of the first court week in each month of the session. Under Acts 1894, p. 157, women who have graduated from a law school in this state are entitled to admission to practice. Source of Rules. Rev. Laws 1904, §§ 111-115, 756, and page 1843; Act 93, p. 136, of 1908; Sup. Ct. Rules (20 South. v; 21 South. xi, xii; 23 South. v, vi; 26 South. vii). LOUISIANA DECISIONS. 1809 to 1909. A complete set of Louisiana Reports (down to 1909) consists of: Martin, 12 vols. Martin (N. S.) 8 vols. Louisiana, 19 vols. Robinson, 12 vols. Louisiana Annuals, 52 vols. Louisiana Reports, vols. 104 to 121. The early volumes of the Louisiana Reports, however, have long been out of print, and are very scarce and expensive. This situation has worked the greatest inconvenience to the bench and bar for years past, and, in recognition of the general demand for a new and complete edition of these Reports, we have undertaken the publication of a complete and annotated Reprint of the Louisiana Reports, to cover the following volumes: Martin (O. S.) 1-12; Martin (N. S.) 1-8; Louisiana, 19 vols.; Robinson, 12 vols.; Louisiana Annual, vols. 1–48; Manning's Unreported Cases-a total of 100 original volumes, to be bound in 55 books, beginning with vol. 48 La. Ann. and working backward. Everything in the original Reports, including the paging, will be preserved. Full annotations will be added, showing where each case has been subsequently cited by the Louisiana Supreme Court, as well as prior and subsequent reports of the same case, and also showing disposition of each case that has gone to the Supreme Court of the United States. Annotations to the Century Digest will also be made, showing, in connection with each case, the exact places in the Century Digest where the cognate authorities have been collected and compared, thus bringing together all the law applicable to any particular case. References to the annotations in the American Decisions and American Reports will also be added. This Reprint will be sold in complete sets only. Books 37 to 55 are now issued, covering vols. 30 to 48 Louisiana Annual. Detailed information regarding this Reprint will be sent on request. The Southern Reporter, 48 vols., contains all decisions in Louisiana Annuals, 38 to 52, and Louisiana Reports, 104 to 121, and, in addition, all decisions for the last 22 years of Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Southern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The set sells at but a fraction of the cost of the corresponding State Reports. We publish an edition of Louisiana Reports, commencing with the 49th Annual, known as the "N. R. S. Ed." Beginning with vol. 109 our edition became the "official edition." Write us for prices and full information. WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. Maine. Citizenship—Age—Character. Among the qualifications requisite for admission to the bar are citizenship and residence in the state, the age of majority, and good moral character, which last shall be certified to by some practicing attorney within the state. Term of Study. Applicant must have studied law for three years either in the office of a practicing attorney or in a recognized law school, proof of which must be by certificate from the attorney in whose office such studies were pursued or by the dean or secretary of the law school, as the case may be. Examination-Regulations-Scope-Fee. The Board of Examiners is composed of five competent lawyers of the state, appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Chief Justice. Applicant shall be required to submit to a written examination, and to an oral one, if deemed necessary, on the principles of the common law applicable to the following subjects: Real Property, Torts, Evidence, Pleading, Contracts, Bills and Notes, Criminal Law, and such other common-law subjects as the board may from time to time select; also upon Equity. A general average of 70 per cent. is required in order to entitle applicant to the certificate of the board. The board, however, has power to establish such higher grades of standing as to them may seem proper. A fee of $20 shall accompany the application for examination. Any applicant failing to pass the examination may again apply after six months, by showing to the board that he has diligently pursued the study of the law six months prior to the examination. If such second application is within one year after his first examination, he shall not be required to pay an extra fee for the second examination. After procuring his certificate from the board, the applicant can then, on motion made in open court, be regularly admitted to practice law in Maine, by any justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. Admission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions. Any attorney residing within or without the state, who has been a member of the bar of another state, in good standing and active practice, for at least three years, may be admitted to practice on motion before the Supreme Judicial Court, upon the production of a certificate of admission to practice in the court of last resort of such state or any Circuit Court of the United States, together with a recommendation from one of the judges of such courts. Miscellaneous. Examinations are held twice a year, one at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, on the first Tuesday of February, and one at Portland, in the county of Cumberland, on the first Tuesday of August. Applications, on blanks furnished by the Secretary on request, should be filed with the Secretary, John B. Madigan, Houlton, Me., at least four weeks in advance of the examination. No person shall be denied license to practice on account of sex. Source of Rules. Rev. St. c. 81, §§ 23-27; Rules of Bar Examiners. MAINE DECISIONS. 1820 to 1909. A complete set of Maine Reports (down to 1909) consists of 103 vols. All decisions of Maine subsequent to vol. 77 are reported in full in the Atlantic Reporter, 71 vols., together with all decisions for the last 24 years of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Atlantic also includes some 2,500 decisions which have not been and will not be published in the State Reports. Over 150 of the omitted cases are from Maine, and can only be found in the Atlantic. Can you afford to be without part of your own state's decisions? The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Atlantic make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The set sells at a fraction of the cost of the corresponding State Reports. Write us for further information and price. 5 WEST PUBLISHING Co., St. Paul, Minn. |