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ORS 9.250

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of White (1991)

Most recently applied in In Re Allen (November 1997)

Amended by 1973 c.827 §3; 1981 c.193 §8; 1989 c.1052 §6; 1991 c.726 §4; 1997 c.388 §3; 2023 c.72 §6; 2025 c.32 §24

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) If the Supreme Court finds that an applicant for admission as a licensee of the bar is 18 years of age or more, is of good moral character and fit to practice law, and possesses the requisite learning and ability to practice as a licensee, the court shall enter an order that the applicant be admitted to practice as a licensee. The order shall specify that admission take effect upon the applicant taking the oath required by subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The applicant shall execute a written oath that in the practice of law the applicant will support the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state, and be of faithful and honest demeanor in office. The applicant is entitled to practice as a licensee after the State Court Administrator has received the oath executed under this subsection.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.