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–71– -71CHAPTER 17—ATTORNEYS AT LAW BUBCHAPTEB I—^ADMISSION, BEMOVAL, AND SUSPENSION OT ATTORNETS

Sec. 541. 542. 543. 544. 545. 546. 547. 548. 549. 550. 551. 552. 553. 554. 555.

Admission to practice. Certificate of admission. Oath. Roll of attorneys. Grounds for removal, suspension or discipline. Proceedings for removal, suspension or discipline generally. Accusation. Service on accused; citation by publication. Appearance. Answer. Trial. Reference to take depositions. Judgment. Disqualified attorney as plaintiff. Reinstatement of suspended or disbarred attorneys. SUBCHAPTER II

571. 572. 573. 574. 575. 676. 577.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS

Who may conduct litigation. Duties generally. Authority. Change of attorney; consent; contingent fee cases. Notice of change. Death or removal of attorney. Reasonable compensation; contract for services.

Subchapter I—Admission, Removal, and Suspension of Attorneys § 541. Admission to practice (a) The following persons may, on motion in open court, be admitted by the district judge to practice as an attorney of the district court: (1) a person who is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, or in the highest court of a State of the United States; (2) a person who is admitted to practice in the highest court of a foreign country the jurisprudence of which is based upon the principles of the English common law, if, in the case provided by this paragraph: (A) the education requirements for practice in the foreign country are a Bachelor of Laws degree, or equivalent, granted for successful passage of at least a three-year law course in residence; (B) the law school from which the person received the degree is a law school acceptable to the district judge for the purposes of this subsection; and (C) the person has practiced law for at least three years within the period of five years immediately prior to making application in the Canal Zone. (b) A person may be admitted by the district judge to practice as an attorney of the district court upon satisfactorily passing an examination in the law to be prescribed and conducted by the district judge or by a committee of the bar appointed by him for that purpose, if the applicant shall establish that he has attained the age of 21 years and that he has received a Bachelor of Laws degree, or equivalent, granted for the successful passage of at least a three-year law course, m residence, by a law school acceptable to the district judge for the purposes of this subsection, either in a: (1) State of the United States; or (2) foreign country the jurisprudence of which is based on the English common law; or

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