Section 16-16-6 - Examination required of applicants to practice law--Educational requirements. - South Dakota Statutes

16-16-6. Examination required of applicants to practice law--Educational requirements. All applicants for admission, except those applying pursuant to SDCL 16-16-7.6 and SDCL 16-16-12.1, shall be required to pass satisfactorily an examination conducted by the board of bar examiners. An applicant for permission to take an examination, in addition to the general qualifications prescribed in § 16-16-2, must furnish satisfactory evidence that he graduated from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association or that he will so graduate prior to the examination, or that he has successfully completed all of the requirements for graduation prior to the examination.

Source: SL 1893, ch 21, § 2; SL 1901, ch 60, § 2; RPolC 1903, § 686; SL 1903, ch 78; SL 1907, ch 72; RC 1919, § 5254; Supreme Court Rule 6, 1939; SDC 1939, §§ 32.1104 (1), 32.1106; Supreme Court Rule 6, Order No. 1, 1957; Supreme Court Rule, Order No. 1, 1963; Supreme Court Order No. 1, 1969; Supreme Court Rule No. 2, 1972; Supreme Court Rule 75-7; Supreme Court Rule 82-24; Supreme Court Rule 86-1; SL 1987, ch. 405 (Supreme Court Rule 86-31); SL 2004, ch 322 (Supreme Court Rule 03-21), eff. Jan. 1, 2004.