Appeals court rejects lawyers’ illegal discrimination claims against Arizona

A practice Bar exam
A practice Bar exam

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Capitol Times

Arizona has a legal right to discriminate against attorneys from other states who do not let lawyers from here automatically practice there, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

The judges rejected arguments by attorneys from California and Montana that it is unfair to require them to take the Uniform Bar Exam to represent clients in Arizona courts when they already are authorized to practice law in their home states. And the court said the fact that the Arizona Supreme Court does not require a bar exam from attorneys from other states does not make the practice illegal.

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