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HB0094 • 2009

Attorneys-requirements for admission to bar.

AN ACT relating to attorneys-at-law; modifying requirements for admission to the Wyoming state bar; requiring graduation from approved law school for examination for admission; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Stubson
Last action
2009-02-17
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2009-02-17 Senate

    S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

  2. 2009-02-10 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  3. 2009-02-10 Senate

    S04 Recommended Do Pass

  4. 2009-01-26 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04

  5. 2009-01-22 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  6. 2009-01-22 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2009-01-21 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2009-01-20 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2009-01-16 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2009-01-16 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2009-01-14 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  12. 2009-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2009-01-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0396

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0094

Attorneys-requirements for admission to bar.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Stubson and Illoway and Senator(s) Cooper

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
attorneys-at-law; modifying requirements
for admission to the
Wyoming
state bar
; requiring graduation from approved law school for examination for admission;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1
.

W.S. 33
‑
5
‑
105 is amended to read:

33
‑
5
‑
105.

Applications for admission to bar; qualifications of applicants.

No one shall be admitted to the bar of this state who shall not be an adult
citizen of the
United States

and a
person of good moral character.
On and after July 1, 2009
, n
o one shall be examined unless he shall give satisfactory evidence of having studied law
at
least three (3) years in

and graduat
ed
from

a law school approved by the state board of law examiners
.
, or shall give satisfactory evidence of having attended a law school as herein provided for a period of at least one (1) year, and in addition thereto shall have studied law at least two (2) years in the office of a member of the bar, or one (1) of the judges of this state, or shall give satisfactory evidence of having attended a law school as herein provided for a period of two (2) years, and in addition thereto shall have studied law at least one (1) year in the office of a member of the bar, or one (1) of the judges of this state. Said study must have been actually and not constructively commenced and continued.

S
ection 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2009
.

(END)

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