As a practical matter, we think that unless a lawyer has, or anticipates, a considerable practice in the New Hampshire courts, he would be unlikely to take the bar examination and pay the annual dues of $125." The U.S. Supreme Court decided similarly in the Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman, when it struck down a requirement in Virginia barring non-residents from even taking the exam. The defendant, a Maryland resident, already had a full-time job in Virginia. The court found: "If a state denies non-residents such a privilege, it must have a substantial justification for the difference in treatment that substantially relates to the state's objective in correcting the problem. The practice of law, like other occupations, is sufficiently basic to the national economy to be deemed a privilege protected by the Clause. Although Virginia did not totally exclude nonresidents from practicing in the State that does not mean its rule is beyond the reach of the Privileges and Immunities Clause."
The rights of the state, the rights of the client to competent representation, and the rights of the prospective lawyer must all be weighed when deciding whether certain restrictions to practice law are valid or invalid. Rules limiting admission to the bar only to graduates of accredited law schools have been upheld (Gillers 2009: 553). Similarly, the need for attorneys to possess a good moral character is a stated provision of many states' bar exams. Journalists who fabricated stories and law applicants who mishandled funds have not been accepted to the bar, even after passing the qualifying exams in New York and Washington D.C., respectively (Gillers 2009: 553).
A final note regarding this issue is manifested in the question of the right to gain admission to an accredited law...
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