§ 16-22-101. Lawyer referral services
(a) It is unlawful for any person or organization to operate a lawyer referral service without prior approval of the Arkansas Supreme Court. “Lawyer referral service” means referring clients to attorneys and receiving compensation for the referral. (b) (1) Any court of competent jurisdiction may order any person or organization violating this section to cease […]
§ 16-22-102. Delinquent noncustodial parents
The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, upon reaching a cooperative agreement with the Arkansas Supreme Court, is hereby authorized to develop procedures under which the Clerk of the Supreme Court may each year furnish the Office of Child Support Enforcement with a list of […]
§ 16-22-201. Qualifications for admission
(a) Every citizen of the age of twenty-one (21) years, of good moral character, and who possesses the requisite qualifications of learning and ability may, upon application and in the manner provided for in this subchapter, be admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the courts of this state. (b) It […]
§ 16-22-202. Examination required — Petition
Every applicant for admission to practice law in the courts of this state shall be examined pursuant to rules of the Supreme Court of this state and shall, before his or her admission, produce to the court, by sworn petition, satisfactory proof of the qualifications found in § 16-22-201.
§ 16-22-203. Board of examiners
The Supreme Court may appoint a board of examiners from practitioners in the Supreme Court for each judicial district to conduct the examinations for license, according to a standard adopted by the Supreme Court.
§ 16-22-204. Authority of Justice or judge to license
No Justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the circuit or other court shall have power to license any applicant to practice law, but such power shall be exercised by the courts of this state, by proper orders, duly recorded.
§ 16-22-205. Oath
Any person admitted to practice law in this state shall make oath to support the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Arkansas and to faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which he is about to enter.
§ 16-22-206. Entitlement to practice
No person shall be licensed or permitted to practice law in any of the courts of record of this state until he has been admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of this state, and every person so admitted shall be entitled to practice in all the courts of this state.
§ 16-22-207. Register of licensed attorneys
It shall be the duty of the clerk of each court of record to keep a register in which he shall register and enroll every attorney or counselor at law licensed to practice in the court of which he is clerk.
§ 16-22-208. Barratry or maintenance — Disciplinary action by circuit and chancery courts
(a) Any person, not a member of the Bar of Arkansas, who shall commit or who shall conspire to commit any act defined by the law of this state to be barratry or maintenance, or who shall solicit for himself or for another person who is not a member of the Bar of Arkansas in […]