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Article 1 - Admission and Conduct of Attorneys
§ 73-3-2. Power to admit persons to bar; qualifications for admission; appeal from denial of admission; board of bar admissions; written examination; review for failing applicants; fees; certification of applicants for admission; issuance of order gr... - The board shall promulgate the necessary rules for the administration...
§ 73-3-25. Admission of lawyers from other states - Any lawyer from another state whose requirements for admission to...
§ 73-3-31. Persons excepted from educational requirements - The educational requirements both as to general education and legal...
§ 73-3-35. Oath in each court - Every attorney and counselor at law, before he or she...
§ 73-3-37. Duties of attorneys - It is the duty of attorneys:
§ 73-3-41. Persons convicted of felonies barred from admission; disbarment of licensed attorneys convicted of felonies - Every person who has been or shall hereafter be convicted...
§ 73-3-43. Clerks, sheriffs and other officers prohibited - It shall not be lawful for a clerk of any...
§ 73-3-45. Restrictions of certain persons to practice law - If any justice court judge or the partner in the...
§ 73-3-47. Partner of justice court judge prohibited from acting as attorney before such judge; penalty - If the partner in the practice of law of any...
§ 73-3-49. Partner of district attorney or county attorney not to defend in certain criminal cases - Where two (2) or more attorneys at law of this...
§ 73-3-51. Attorney general and district attorneys and their law partners not to accept employment from corporations of certain kind - It shall be unlawful for the Attorney General or any...
§ 73-3-55. Unlawful to practice law without license; certain abstract companies may certify titles - It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in...
§ 73-3-57. Unlawful to encourage litigation - It shall be unlawful for an attorney at law licensed...
§ 73-3-59. Unlawful to encourage litigation; penalty - Any attorney at law who shall violate the provisions of...
Article 3 - Bar Association
§ 73-3-101. Bar association created - The resident lawyers now authorized to practice law in the...
§ 73-3-103. All lawyers members - All resident persons now or hereafter admitted to practice law...
§ 73-3-105. Bar association; officers; bylaws - The bar shall elect a president, a first vice president...
§ 73-3-107. Governing board - The bar shall be controlled and governed by a Board...
§ 73-3-109. Governing board; quorum - At all meetings of the board of commissioners a majority...
§ 73-3-111. Secretary; election; term of office; duties - A secretary, who may be designated as executive director, shall...
§ 73-3-113. Secretary to act as treasurer; bond required; accounting of revenues and expenditures in proposed budget; independent audit of association - The secretary shall also perform the duties of treasurer. He...
§ 73-3-115. Location of office of secretary; meeting of board of commissioners - The secretary shall maintain his office at the seat of...
§ 73-3-117. Compensation - The secretary shall receive a salary in such amount and...
§ 73-3-119. Membership required - Enrollment on the list of members of the bar and...
§ 73-3-120. Types of membership; active; inactive; continuing legal education requirements - Members of the bar shall be divided into active and...
§ 73-3-121. Change of residence - Any lawyer changing his residence from one circuit to another...
§ 73-3-125. Dues; persons exempt or excepted - All lawyers over the age of seventy-five (75) years, and...
§ 73-3-127. Dues; failure to pay after notice - Any member failing to pay any enrollment fees within sixty...
§ 73-3-129. President; duties - The president shall preside at all meetings of the bar,...
§ 73-3-131. President; chairman of the board - The president shall be a member and the chairman of...
§ 73-3-133. Vice-presidents - The vice president and president-elect and the second vice president...
§ 73-3-135. Vacancies - Vacancies in any office, including the office of commissioner, shall...
§ 73-3-137. Vacancies; members absent - If any member of the board shall be absent from...
§ 73-3-139. Board; election - The membership of the bar shall establish by the adoption...
§ 73-3-140. Lease of office space - The Board of Commissioners, any officer or the Executive Director...
§ 73-3-141. Duties of board - The Mississippi Bar shall be governed by the Board of...
§ 73-3-171. Regulation of fees prohibited - The board of commissioners shall have no authority to regulate...
Article 5 - Law Students
§ 73-3-201. Short title - This article shall be known as "The Law Student Limited...
§ 73-3-203. Law student program in public interest - It is in the public interest to encourage the establishment...
§ 73-3-205. Definitions; qualifications - For purposes of this article, the following words and terms...
§ 73-3-207. Authorization to practice law; conditions; compensation - A law student enrolled in a legal internship program or...
§ 73-3-209. Oath - A law student who meets the qualifications set forth in...
§ 73-3-211. Order of judge administering oath; duration of authority to practice law - Upon finding that a law student meets the qualifications for...
Article 7 - Procedures to Discipline and to Determine Personal Incapacity to Practice Law
§ 73-3-301. Disciplinary jurisdiction - Any attorney regularly admitted to practice law in the state...
§ 73-3-303. Disciplinary agencies of court - The jurisdiction of the court shall be administered in the...
§ 73-3-305. Composition of disciplinary agencies; employment of complaint counsel and other employees - The composition of the aforesaid disciplinary agencies shall be as...
§ 73-3-307. Powers of disciplinary agencies; contempt - Each of the disciplinary agencies is hereby given such jurisdiction...
§ 73-3-309. Committee on complaints; referral of complaints; formal requirement of complaints - Complaints, irrespective of source, touching upon the professional conduct or...
§ 73-3-310. Duty of chancery and circuit courts to file complaints - The chancery and circuit courts shall have the duty to...
§ 73-3-311. Committee on complaints; action to be taken upon receipt of complaint or charge - When any complaint or charge touching upon the professional conduct...
§ 73-3-313. Complaint counsel; investigations; notice and hearing to accused attorney - The complaint counsel shall immediately investigate the complaint; and upon...
§ 73-3-315. Complaint counsel; rules governing investigatory hearings - The following rules for investigatory hearings by complaint counsel are...
§ 73-3-317. Complaint counsel; investigatory hearings; report of testimony and findings; response by accused attorney - Complaint counsel will cause the testimony of any witnesses at...
§ 73-3-319. Committee on complaints; action to be taken upon receipt of complaint counsel's report - Within thirty (30) days of its receipt of complaint counsel's...
§ 73-3-323. Complaint tribunal; designation; per diem, mileage and necessary expenses - Within five (5) days after the formal complaint is filed...
§ 73-3-325. Complaint tribunal; hearing; notice; rules - Within forty-five (45) days after the designation by the chief...
§ 73-3-331. Complaint tribunal; effect of judgment of suspension or disbarment; appeal as supersedeas - Upon a final judgment of suspension or disbarment by a...
§ 73-3-333. Resignation by accused attorney during course of disciplinary proceedings; procedure; effect; section provides exclusive method - At any stage of the disciplinary proceedings an accused attorney...
§ 73-3-335. Modification or termination of suspension - Any time after the entry of a final judgment of...
§ 73-3-337. Reinstatement - Upon the termination of the period of suspension, the convicted...
§ 73-3-339. Conviction or entry of plea of nolo contendere for certain offenses - Whenever any attorney subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the...
§ 73-3-341. Disbarment or suspension in another jurisdiction - Whenever any attorney subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the...
§ 73-3-343. Confidentiality of matters under investigation and proceedings; penalties - All disciplinary agencies of the court, all court reporters, clerks,...
§ 73-3-345. Immunity from civil suit predicated on disciplinary proceedings - All complaints filed pursuant hereto shall be absolutely privileged, and...
§ 73-3-347. Personal incapacity; meaning of term "personally incapable" to practice law - For the purposes of Sections 73-3-347 through 73-3-365, the term...
§ 73-3-349. Personal incapacity; suspension - Whenever it has been determined that any attorney subject to...
§ 73-3-351. Personal incapacity; proceedings; circumstances showing existence of condition - Proceedings to determine whether an attorney is personally incapable to...
§ 73-3-353. Personal incapacity; representation by counsel; guardian - In proceedings under Sections 73-3-347 through 73-3-365, the attorney shall...
§ 73-3-355. Personal incapacity; service on attorney who has been committed or declared incompetent - Service of process or notice to an attorney who has...
§ 73-3-357. Personal incapacity; sufficiency, as evidence, of court order of incompetence or commitment - A certified copy of the court order declaring an attorney...
§ 73-3-359. Personal incapacity; mental examination and reports - In any proceeding where mental incompetency is an issue, the...
§ 73-3-361. Personal incapacity; judgment of suspension by complaint tribunal - If, after a full hearing, the complaint tribunal finds the...
§ 73-3-363. Personal incapacity; appeal procedures - Procedures for the filing of the record and appeal from...
§ 73-3-365. Personal incapacity; reinstatement procedures - Procedures for reinstatement of an attorney suspended because of personal...
§ 73-3-367. Disciplinary agencies; authority to incur expenses - All disciplinary agencies of the court are hereby authorized to...
§ 73-3-369. Jurisdiction over nonresident attorneys; notice; service - The acceptance by a nonresident attorney of the rights and...
§ 73-3-371. Plea of nolo contendere; consent order of suspension or disbarment - At any stage of the disciplinary proceedings, the board of...
§ 73-3-373. Recognition of inherent power of judicial branch of government - This article shall not be construed to modify or restrict...