Every person who has been or shall hereafter be convicted of felony in a court of this or any other state or a court of the United States, manslaughter or a violation of the Internal Revenue Code excepted, shall be incapable of obtaining a license to practice law. Any court of the State of Mississippi in which a licensed attorney shall have been convicted of a felony, other than manslaughter or a violation of the Internal Revenue Code, shall enter an order disbarring the attorney.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Article 1 - Admission and Conduct of Attorneys
§ 73-3-25. Admission of lawyers from other states
§ 73-3-31. Persons excepted from educational requirements
§ 73-3-37. Duties of attorneys
§ 73-3-43. Clerks, sheriffs and other officers prohibited
§ 73-3-45. Restrictions of certain persons to practice law
§ 73-3-49. Partner of district attorney or county attorney not to defend in certain criminal cases
§ 73-3-55. Unlawful to practice law without license; certain abstract companies may certify titles