Qualifications of applicants to practice law
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 530 F. Supp. 155 - Stalland v. South Dakota Board of Bar Examiners (1982)
Most recently applied in In Re Application of Henry (December 2013)
Source: SDC 1939, § 32.1104; Supreme Court Rule August 10, 1943; Supreme Court Rule 4, Order No. 1, 1957; SL 1972, ch 154, § 5; Supreme Court Rule 82-8; SL 1996, ch 314.
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.
An applicant for admission to practice as an attorney or counselor at law in this state must be at least eighteen years of age, be a person of good moral character, and satisfy the requirements of the applicable rules.
Prior to admittance an applicant must be a resident of this state; or maintain an office in this state; or designate the clerk of the Supreme Court as his or her agent for the service of process for all purposes.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.