HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 813

made by petition to the Court of Appeals and said petition
shall be filed with the State Board of Law Examiners.

3. (a) Prior to June 1, 1940, any person in this
State desiring to begin the study of law for the pur-
pose of admission to the Bar shall first file with
the State Board of Law Examiners an application
for registration as a law student, and at the same
time shall file therewith a certificate showing that he or
she has completed a course of study substantially equiva-
lent to a high school education in Maryland; 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 exami-
nation 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 4. If the appli-
cant shall pass such an examination he or she shall be
entitled to registration as a law student.

Nunc pro tune 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
of Law Examiners; provided, however, that any person
over the age of 40 years, who was a resident of the State
of Maryland on June 1, 1918, may register as a law student
on or before November 1, 1939, under the provisions of
the law for admission to the Bar as existed prior to June
1, 1918.

(b) A candidate removing from a jurisdiction
having similar standards for registration may have
the registration transferred. The State Board of
Law Examiners shall examine the applicant touch-
ing his or her qualifications for admission to the
Bar. No one shall be examined who shall not have
studied law in a law school in the United States, or in the
office of a member of the Bar of this State for at least
three years; no one shall be examined who shall not have
been registered as aforesaid as a law student before begin-
ning said period of study with the exception that any appli-
cant who shall have pursued the study of law in a school
outside the State of Maryland for the requisite period may
take the Bar Examination without registration provided
the entrance requirements of said school shall be approved
by the State Department of Education.