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4 Law Student 1 (1926-1927)

handle is hein.journals/lwstud4 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LAW STUDENT OL. IV, No, 1 ne American L-aa 1oo Co. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 24 pages OCTOBER 1, 1926 RESEARCH TEST AT NEXT OHIO EXAMINATION Bar Applicants to Be Tested in Ability to Use Law Books At the next Ohio bar exam- vise clients with accuracy and ination, held in Columbus the to prepare briefs on trial and first Tuesday and Wednesday appeal, thus performing to the in December, which will be full his duty to the courts of the 7th and 8th of that month, which he is an officer and to all applicants will be required the general public which he to demonstrate their ability in serves. legal research or the use of New Mexico law books by preparing briefs In July the second research on a special question to be bar examination was given in submitted to them 'by the bar New Mexico. Judge R. R. examiners. The details of giv- Wright of Santa FA, one of ing this examination to the the examiners, reports that large number of applicants in there were only two appli- Ohio, the relative weight to cants for admission doe to the A be accorded answers to the fact that a number of men research question, and the who had planned to take the exact amount of time to be examination went over to devoted thereto, have not at Texas to take the examina- this writing been. determined tion there. judge Wright re- by the Supreme Court and ports that both of the appli- CHARACTERINVE the Board of Bar Examiners. cants did well on the research When these matters have test. been considered and deter- The first research bar Statement by Chief Justic mined an announcement will animation in New Mexico was Court as to Chara be made in this Journal. given in January, The great state of Ohio, which has always been a pio- The neer in educational matters, thus takes the lead among the Notable Work of Ohio Su- larger states of the country in preie Court Recognized introducing the research test as supplemental to and as an which you make inquiry as to improvement and betterment The Committee on Judicial what action has been taken in of existing bar examinations Administration and Legal Re- Ohio looking to the eimina- Adoption by Ohio of this test, form incorporated this state- tion Of the morally unfit from which requires that each bar ment in its report to the those admitted to the prac- aplicant demonstrate his forty-seventh annual meeting ice of the law. Replying I ability to use law hooks and of the Ohio State Bar Asso- have to state that for the verify his independent conclt- ciation: past two years have made sion as to the law controlling TIn accordance with the do- up a list of applicants ac a state of facts, marks a co-tesonor omte'ou- cording to their geographical siderable advance in raising tisrveYtheorkinge 'o the location and have submitted- posrts that bohin of the pi the standards for adission j lsuch lists to the local bar as- to the -bar, and cannot fail to jdcasytmoth sae'sociations with instructions we desire to commend the Su- to look carefully into the be beneficaliinnits ffectaupo the courts, the bar itself, the preme Court fr Is prompt- general public, and especia ness in disposiof character qualifications of the asapplicants and to report to imrvmn ands bettermentctoy on ost the Court the result oftheir atidition of the court's docket. icT work of the each instance A report of the method of Corthspeerb eme where any doubt is expressed giving this Ohio examination Cor. a ee enmr concerning -character qualifi- to several hundred applicants satisfactory in all the history cations the bar association is at once we hone to print e state, and lawyers uni- instructed to conduct an in- our next issue. The success- versally commend the court quest giving the applicant the ful giving of the examination for. its pro mpt dispatch of benefit of opportunity to in- in Ohio will conclusively thm- business, its Courtesy to the toduce testimony in his own bardandbitsacvnniderateaastnn onstrate the Possibility of re- quiring research work from ioss so the judicial business bheh alf, a reth commitee tothenemakes anreportoinfdetail the large numbers of appli- of te state. to the Court of the testimony canrts in the more populous The Honorable Carrington aen, with recommendations, states. T. Marshall, Chief Justice, If the recommendations are It is to be loped that other has shown unexceied execu- adverse and the student de- large states will follow the tive capacity and unusual le- mands it, the Court gives the ad of Ohio in adopting this gal attainments and it is the student a hearing and the op- test, which is indeed neces- hope of the bar that e may portunit to introduce evi- sary if the bar examination is long be spared to serve the deuce in his behalf. This to be a fully adequate test of state with his high devotion to method serves the double each applicant's ability to ad- puhc duty. purpose of permitting the o STIGATION IN OHIO e Marshall of Ohio Supreme cter Investigation of s and Necessity refor cat bar associations to make inquiry into the qualifications of those who expect to prac- tice in their respective con- munities and it relieves the Court of the labor of making a preliminary inquiry. It is found that the preliminary inquiry generally disposes of the entire matter. I need not say that character qualifica- tions are much more impor- tant than academic attain- ments. I have for some time had a notion, which has not yet been passed upon by the Court, that every student upon registration should have the character qualifications care- fully examined and that any moral obliquity which might develop or he discovered during the course of study would be grounds for strik- ing the applicant from regis- tration. Such a period of probation would not only be means of keeping closer tab upon the student, but would also be a source of stability to the student himself. This very briefly sets forth my views upon the question you ask. Carrington T. Marshall, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio. Whitman Heads American Bar Association Charles S. Whitman, former governor of New York, was elected President of the American Bar Association, July 16th, at its convention held in Denver. The election of the former New York governor was made unanimous after the name of George IV. Wicker- sham, former attorney-gei- eral of the United States, was withdrawn. The name of Jefferson P. Chandler, Los Angeles attor- ney, was not presented for consideration as had been ex- pected. Mr. Wickersham's name was withdrawn following a sharp skirmish in the General Council, which reported out only the former New York governor's name. The with- drawal was based on his con- nection with the American Law Institute, a separate division of the Bar Associa- tion, of which he is president. Basing their argument on the objection to one man as- suming the double Presidency, Mr. Whitman's supporters prevailed upon Mr. Wicker- sham's friends to withdraw his name. NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS Washington University School of Law St. Louis, Mo. Because of ill health Dean Richard L. Goode has retired from the faculty. Professor Tyrrell Williams is serving as Acting Dean. Professor C. S. Potts, formerly of the Uni- versity of Texas Law School, is a new member of the faculty. St. John's College School of Law Brooklyn, N. Y. St. Tohn's College announces a women's law class for the term beginning in October. to be 'conducted under the au- spices of St. John's Law School. The.plan, somewhat of an innovation in Brooklyn educatio-al circles, is intended to give Brooklyn women, pro- fessional women and house- wives, as well as law students, a knowledge of the workable fundamentals of common law. (Continued page 5, col. 5)

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