REFERENCE TITLE: admission; practice of law

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

SB 1415

 

Introduced by

Senator Murphy

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-119.06; relating to the supreme court.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-119.06, to read:

START_STATUTE12-119.06.  Admission to the practice of law

A.  A person may practice law in this state if the person:

1.  Passes the bar examination administered by the committee on examinations of the state bar.

2.  Is recommended to the supreme court for admission to the state bar by the committee on character and fitness.

B.  The committee on character and fitness may not refuse to recommend a person for admission solely because the person is not a law school graduate. END_STATUTE