952                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 586

CHAPTER 586
(Senate Bill 400)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 3 and 4
of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
AND 1954 SUPPLEMENT), title "Attorneys at Law and Attor-
neys in fact", sub-title "Admission to the Bar", relating generally
to the requirements for admission to the Bar of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 3 and 4 of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition AND 1954 SUPPLEMENT), title "Attorneys
at Law and Attorneys in fact", sub-title "Admission to the Bar", be
and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

SEC. 3. (a) [Prior to June 1,1940, any] Any person in this State
desiring to begin the study of law for the purpose 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 equivalent 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 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] obtained a certificate from the Maryland State Department of
Education that the applicant possesses the equivalent of a high school
education, or (c) completed the university or college work as required
under Section 4. [If the applicant 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 candidate had
the requisite education at the date as of which [he] the candidate
desires to be registered, that is to say, if such nunc pro tune regis-
tration is.(1) prior to June 1, 1940 the applicant has completed a
course of study substantially equivalent to a high school education in
Maryland, (2) subsequent to June 1, 1940 but prior to June 1, 1941
the applicant, in addition to such high school education, has success-
fully completed one year of college work or its equivalent as provided
in the existing law, and (3) subsequent to June 1, 1941 but prior to
June 1, 1957 the applicant, in addition to such high school education,
has successfully completed two years of college work or its equivalent
as provided in the existing law, and there has been no laches on [his]
the candidate's part, said matters to be determined by the State
Board of Law Examiners

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JULY 1, 1955, under the provisions of the law for admis-
to the Bar as existed prior to June 1,1918.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.