On April 26, 1924, at the Annual Meeting in New Orleans, the Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar recommended that all applicants after January 1, 1925, diploma or not, should be required to pass a satisfactory examination. The Chairman was Mr. W. Catesby Jones. In response, on July 12, 1924, the Legislature passed Act 113, which required every applicant “for admission to the Bar of this State, whether holding a diploma from a Law School or not, before being licensed to practice law shall be required to pass a satisfactory examination before the Committee of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court, on such subjects and under such rules and regulations as are now, or may hereafter be, prescribed by the Supreme Court.” If they did not have a law diploma, they were to have studied under a reputable Louisiana attorney for at least three years. The highest degree required was a High School diploma. This act would take effect January 1, 1925.
Mr. W. Catesby Jones, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va
