Legal Opinion
In Re the Integration of the Bar
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 6, 1953No. 5-166Published
1Opinion of the Court
259 S.W.2d 144 (1953)
In re INTEGRATING THE BAR.
No. 5-166.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
April 27, 1953.
On Rehearing July 6, 1953.
GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.
A substantial majority of all the actively practicing lawyers in the State have petitioned this court to create an integrated bar association. It is our conclusion that the proposal should be approved.
The conception of an integrated or unified bar originated in the American Judicature Society in 1914. This form of bar organization has, with comparative rapidity, won widespread public approval and now exists in the majority of the states. Its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re Integration of the Nebraska State Bar Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1937
- In Re Constitutionality of Chapter 315, Laws of 1943Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1943
- Petition of Florida State Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of Florida · 1949
- Elston v. WilbornSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
- Skaggs v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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