HB 409 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 409
AN ACT relative to qualification for admission to the New Hampshire bar.
SPONSORS: Rep. Phinizy, Sull 7; Rep. D. Cote, Hills 29; Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 27
This bill permits the study of law under the supervision of a New Hampshire attorney for persons wishing to be admitted to the New Hampshire bar as attorneys.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0091 10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to qualification for admission to the New Hampshire bar.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Attorneys and Counselors; Admission to Practice; Study of Law. RSA 311:2 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
311:2 Admission to Practice. Any person domiciled in the United States shall be eligible to apply for the examination to be admitted as a member of the state bar provided the person possesses the following qualifications:
I. Each applicant shall be required to establish his or her moral character and fitness to the satisfaction of the supreme court.
II. Each applicant shall furnish satisfactory proof that the applicant :
(a) Has graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association, or from a program which is substantially equivalent or otherwise qualified as determined by the supreme court; or
(b) Has pursued the study of law with special reference to the general practice of law for a period of not less than 4 continuous years within this state under the supervision of an attorney in practice in this state who has been admitted to practice before the supreme court not less than 3 years prior to the commencement of that study, or by a successive attorney or firm so qualified. The applicant may be granted partial credit for study in an approved law school from which the applicant did not graduate or for practice as a member of the bar before the highest court of another jurisdiction, as the supreme court shall deem just and equitable.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.