California Business and Professions Code 6046 – The board may establish an examining committee having the …
The board may establish an examining committee having the power:
(a) To examine all applicants for admission to practice law.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 6046
- board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
(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.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 35. (AB 3249) Effective January 1, 2019.)