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Invalidation Of Residency Requirements For Admission To The Bar: Opportunities For General Reform, Paul G. Gill
Invalidation Of Residency Requirements For Admission To The Bar: Opportunities For General Reform, Paul G. Gill
University of Richmond Law Review
Individuals must jump several major hurdles to earn the right to practice law. One hurdle state bars have traditionally imposed is the requirement that applicants demonstrate their residency in that state. This must be done either upon application, prior to admission, or upon admission. A residency requirement has been imposed on both applicants applying for admission by examination, and attorney applicants admitted on motion without exam.
The Coming Of Legal Specialization, O. Randolph Rollins
The Coming Of Legal Specialization, O. Randolph Rollins
University of Richmond Law Review
A great debate rages across the ranks of the legal profession about the need to regulate claims by lawyers that they are specialists in particular fields of practice. Members of our profession express outrage when another lawyer lists himself under the anti- trust or tax headings in the Yellow Pages complaining that that lawyer calls "them" when he needs anti-trust or tax advice. Lawyers profess astonishment when they see an advertisement by another attorney cataloguing a number of fields in which that attorney practices. They ask how could any person-much less a lawyer who advertises-be a "specialist" in so many …