In 1934, the Legislature created a public corporation called "The State Bar of Louisiana," to be composed of every person licensed to practice law in the state. It also created a Board of Governors, and vested it with "exclusive authority to prescribe rules and qualifications for admission to the Bar in Louisiana and to prescribe the qualifications of all candidates for such admission."
In Ex parte STECKLER et al., 179 La. 410 (1934), two law school graduates, one from Tulane and the other from Loyola, argued that because they had graduated from law school, they should be able to practice law without having to take and pass examinations by the Supreme Court Examining Committee. They argued that the statutes mandating such examinations were unconstitutional. The Court disagreed.
