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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 19. ATTORNEYS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-19-3. Rules governing examinations; time and place thereof.

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  1. (a)

    The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be authorized to make and adopt rules as to the making of application to take an examination and as to the time, manner, and places of holding examinations for admission to the bar of this state and are specifically authorized to provide for the holding of the examinations under the supervision of the Board of Bar Examiners at not more than three cities, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by them. They may provide for the examination to be held over such period of days as in their judgment shall be fair to the applicant for examination. There shall be held not less than two examinations during each calendar year, the date or dates of which shall be fixed by the Justices of the Supreme Court.#

  2. (b)

    Nothing in this Code section shall be construed as limiting applicants for admission to the bar to college trained persons, except as provided by law.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 151, § 1; Ga. L. 1957, p. 624, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 293, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 274, § 3; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15.

Law reviews

For article discussing Georgia system of admission to the bar by examination prior to revision and repeal of certain provisions in 1971, see 6 Mercer L. Rev. 216 (1955).

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Text read from t15-ch12-24-(v13a)-2015-pdf.pdf, Volume V13A, 2015 edition, pages 369 to 370; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 3ead04cf60ab.