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7 GCA § 9A113

Qualifications for Admission to Bar

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure
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A person is qualified for admission to the Bar of Guam who proves to the satisfaction of the Board of Law Examiners:

(a)that he has resided in Guam for not less than three

(3)months preceding certification and intends in good faith to practice in Guam;

(b)that he is at least eighteen

(18)years of age;

(c)that he is of good moral character;

(d)that he has not been convicted in any court of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude;

(e)that he has completed at least two years of college;

(f)that he/she has graduated from a law school in the United States, its territories or possessions, which is accredited by the American Bar Association or that he/she has previously taken and passed one

(1)or more parts of the Guam Bar Examination after graduating from a law school not accredited by the American Bar Association but previously approved by the Judicial Council. No correspondence law school may be so approved.

(g)that he has passed a final examination given by the Board of Law Examiners, which examination shall be given at least twice each year.

§ The story of this section

  1. Amended by P.L. 14-104 § 10 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  2. Amended by P.L. 17-29 § 12 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  3. Amended by P.L. 20-175 § 3 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.