Legal Opinion
Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 6, 1957No. 92PublishedCited by 1,256 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The question presented is whether petitioner, Rudolph Schware, has been denied a license to practice law in New Mexico in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
New Mexico has a system for the licensing of persons to practice law similar to that in effect in most States.1 A Board of Bar Examiners determines if candidates for admission to the bar have the necessary qualifications. When the Board concludes that an applicant qualifies *234it recommends to the State Supreme Court that he be admitted. If the court accepts the recommendation,…
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