Legal Opinion
In Re Application of Mark W.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 26, 1985No. Misc. No. 15, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
We shall here hold that employment as a hearing examiner for the Maryland Department of Employment and Training does not constitute practice of law so as to permit an individual to become a member of the Maryland Bar without taking the usual bar examination.
Maryland Code (1957, 1981 Repl.Vol.) Art. 10, § 7 provides in pertinent part:
“[A] member of the bar of any state, district or territory of the United States, who, for five of the preceding seven years, has been engaged as a practitioner, judge or teacher of law, shall be admitted to the bar of this State after having…
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