Section 34-3-1 Unlawful practice of law. If any person shall, without having become duly licensed to practice, or whose license to practice shall have expired either by disbarment, failure to pay his license fee within 30 days after the day it becomes due, or otherwise, practice or assume to act or hold himself or herself […]
Section 34-3-10 Practicing law by register or clerk of circuit court. Any register or clerk of circuit court, who practices law in the court of which he is clerk or register, or any partner of such register or clerk, who practices in such court, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100 nor more […]
Section 34-3-11 Judges not to practice law. Any judge of a court of record in this state who practices law in any of the courts of this state, or of the United States, or who renders any professional services or gives any legal advice, must on conviction be fined in such sum as the jury […]
Section 34-3-12 Partner of district attorney prohibited from defending in certain cases. Any attorney-at-law who is the law partner of any district attorney in this state, who defends a criminal case of any kind, character or description in any court in this state in which such district attorney is the prosecuting officer, shall be guilty […]
Section 34-3-13 Officers with authority to take complaints and issue warrants practicing as attorneys in their own court. Any officer who has the power or authority to take complaints and issue warrants of arrest, and who acts as an attorney in any such case in which he or she took the complaint or issued the […]
Section 34-3-14 Officers and deputies disqualified from practicing. The judge of any court of record, the sheriff or deputy of the sheriff must not practice law; the clerk of the circuit court or the deputy of the clerk must not practice in the county of which he or she is clerk or deputy; the register […]
Section 34-3-15 Attorney to take oath. Every attorney-at-law before being permitted to practice shall take the following oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself as an attorney, according to the best of my learning and ability, and with all good fidelity, […]
Section 34-3-16 Annual meeting of the State Bar and Board of Commissioners; election of officers and duties thereof. (a) Annual meeting. There shall be an annual meeting of the lawyers of Alabama, open to all members of the State Bar in good standing, to be held at such place and time as the Board of […]
Section 34-3-17 Qualified lawyers holding public office authorized to become members of Alabama Bar Association. All lawyers who are qualified to practice law in Alabama and who are not engaged in active practice because they are holding a state or federal office that precludes them from practicing law may become members of the Alabama Bar […]
Section 34-3-18 Lawyers not engaged in active practice authorized to become members of Alabama Bar Association. All lawyers who are qualified to practice law in Alabama and who are not engaged in active practice may become members of the Alabama Bar Association by paying directly to the secretary of such association an annual sum equal […]
Section 34-3-19 Any person may manage his own case. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to prevent any person from conducting or managing his or her own case in any court in this state. (Code 1852, §737; Code 1867, §871; Code 1876, §790; Code 1886, §863; Code 1896, §589; Code 1907, §2981; […]
Section 34-3-2 Board of Examiners. The Board of Commissioners of the State Bar shall have the following powers and authority in addition to the powers and authority heretofore conferred upon or vested in the board: The board shall provide for a Board of Examiners on Admission to the State Bar and may prescribe rules and […]
Section 34-3-2.1 Certified graduates of certain law schools authorized to take bar exam. So long as the Birmingham School of Law, Miles College School of Law, and Jones School of Law maintain a four-year curriculum of law courses for resident law students each consisting of 30 weeks of classes or of one year more than […]
Section 34-3-20 Duties of attorneys. It is the duty of attorneys: (1) To support the Constitution and laws of this state and of the United States. (2) To maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers. (3) To employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to them such means only […]
Section 34-3-21 Authority of attorneys in case – Generally. An attorney has authority to bind his or her client, in any action or proceeding, by any agreement in relation to such case, made in writing, or by an entry to be made on the minutes of the court. (Code 1852, §743; Code 1867, §877; Code […]
Section 34-3-22 Authority of attorneys in case – Proceedings on appearance without authority. If it is alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears that he or she does so without authority, the court may at any stage of the proceedings, upon proof of the allegation, relieve the party for whom the attorney has […]
Section 34-3-23 Authority of attorneys in case – Proof. The court or judge may, on motion of either party and on being shown reasonable grounds therefor, require the attorney for the adverse party, or for one of the several adverse parties, to produce or prove the authority under which he or she appears and, until […]
Section 34-3-24 Encouraging litigation; champerty – Generally. Any attorney-at-law, either before or after action brought, who gives, offers, or promises to give a valuable consideration to another person as an inducement to placing in the hands of such attorney or in the hands of any partnership of attorneys, or in the hands of any other […]
Section 34-3-25 Encouraging litigation; champerty – Receiving compensation from attorney. Any person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out, procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a […]
Section 34-3-3 Admission fee paid by applicants. Applicants for admission to the bar not required by law to take an examination shall pay a fee to be set by the Board of Commissioners, but not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500); applicants for admission who are bona fide residents of the State of […]
