872 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 410
CHAPTER 410.
(Senate Bill 381)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
3 of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
(1924 Edition), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys
in Fact", sub-title "Admission to the Bar", to add a new
section to said Article, said new section to be known as
Section 3½ and to follow immediately after Section 3
of said Article, and to repeal Section 3A of said Article,
to eliminate existing duplicate and obsolete provisions
and to establish additional educational requirements of
persons registering, as law students and for admission
to the Bar.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 3 of Article 10 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, (1924 Edition), title "Attorneys at Law
and Attorneys in Fact", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments, and that a new section be
and it is hereby added to said Article, said new Section to
be known as Section 3½, to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 3 of said Article, and all to read as follows:

3. Prior to June 1, 1940, any person in this State desir-
ing to begin the study of law for the purpose of admission
to the Bar shall first file with the Clerk of the Court of
Appeals an application for registration as a law student,
and at the same time shall file therewith a certificate show-
ing that he or she has completed a course of study sub-
stantially equivalent to a high school education in Mary-
land; the following shall be accepted as satisfactory proof
of compliance with the requirements of this Section: Filing
evidence with the State Board of Law Examiners that the
applicant has (a) graduated from any high school approved
by the Maryland State Department of Education, or (b)
passed an examination conducted under the supervision of
the State Board of Law Examiners only in the subjects now
being given by the State Board of Law Examiners as the
equivalent of a high school education, or (c) completed the
university or college work as required under section 3½.
If the applicant shall pass such an examination he or she
shall be entitled to registration as a law student.

Nunc pro tunc registration may be permitted if the can-
didate had the requisite education at the date as of which
he desires to be registered and there has been no laches on
his part, said matters to be determined by the State Board