Rule III
Law Study Requirement
(a) The law study requirement for eligibility of an Applicant to take the
Texas Bar Examination, unless otherwise provided by these Rules, is met by:
(1) graduation with a J.D. degree
or its equivalent from an approved law school;
(2) satisfaction of all
requirements for graduation from an approved law school with a J.D. degree or
its equivalent; or
(3) study of law in an approved law
school or schools by satisfying all requirements for graduation with a J.D.
degree or its equivalent, except for not more than four semester hours [from
September 1, 2003 through September 1, 2004 not more than twelve semester hours]
or its equivalent in quarter hours; provided, however, that no person shall be
licensed to practice law until graduation or satisfaction of all requirements
for graduation, unless specifically excepted hereunder. If an Applicant under
this subsection has not graduated with a J.D. degree or satisfied all
requirements for graduation within two years from the date that all parts of the
bar examination are satisfactorily completed, the Applicant’s examination scores
shall be void.
(b) If a law school was an approved law school at the time the Applicant
enrolled, the law school shall be deemed an approved law school as to that
Applicant for four years thereafter, regardless of its status at the date of the
Applicant’s graduation. If a law school was an approved law school at the time
the Applicant graduated, the Applicant shall be deemed to be a graduate of an
approved law school, regardless of the status of the school at the time the
Applicant enrolled.
(c) If a person graduated from a law school that was not an approved law
school at either the time the person enrolled or at the time the person
graduated, the person is not a graduate of an approved law school even if the
law school later became or becomes an approved law school.
Rulebook
since August 29, 2003
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