Section 10-212 - Oath or affirmation for admission. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-212. Oath or affirmation for admission.
 

On admission to the Bar, a lawyer shall take the following oath or affirmation in open court: 
 

"I do solemnly (swear) (affirm) that I will at all times demean myself fairly and honorably as an attorney and practitioner at law; that I will bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and support the laws and Constitution thereof, and that I will bear true allegiance to the United States, and that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution, laws and government thereof as the supreme law of the land; any law, or ordinance of this or any state to the contrary notwithstanding." 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 10, § 10; 1989, ch. 3, § 1.]