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A Brief History of the Requirements to Join the Louisiana Bar: 1915

Change was frequent

1915

1915 Tulane yearbook photo, first year Class wearing suits and tiesApplicants who had been graduated in the Law Schools of Tulane University of Louisiana, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and Loyola University, were granted their licenses upon producing their diplomas. This was the so-called "diploma privilege."

Applicants who studied under an attorney for at least three years had to be examined by the proper Committee.

1915 Statutes

1915 Rules of the Supreme Court