Lawyers Sue to Take LA Bar Exam

Three French citizens and attorneys that are working full-time under a visa have sued to challenge a decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court that prohibits visiting foreign lawyers from taking the State bar exam, reports The Times-Picayune. Louisiana is the only state to forbid nonresident foreigners from taking the bar exam, but "three other foreign lawyers tried without success last year to get the Louisiana justices to change their minds on the matter, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear their case."

Posted by AJR at March 7, 2003 08:20 AM