California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 4 — AttorneysArticle 3 — Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other ProceedingsSection 6046
The board may establish an examining committee having the power:
(a) To examine all applicants for admission to practice law.
(b) To administer the requirements for admission to practice law.
(c) To certify to the Supreme Court for admission those applicants who fulfill the requirements provided in this chapter.
The examining committee shall be comprised of 19 members, 10 of whom shall be licensees of the State Bar or judges of courts of record in this state and nine of whom shall be public members who have never been licensees of the State Bar or admitted to practice before any court in the United States. At least one of the attorney members shall have been admitted to practice law in this state within three years from the date of the member’s appointment to the examining committee.
Notes
Allows the board to establish a 19-member examining committee to examine law-admission applicants, administer admission requirements, and certify qualified applicants to the Supreme Court. The committee must have 10 attorney licensees or judges and nine never-admitted public members, and at least one attorney member must have been admitted in California within three years before appointment.
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