The Superior Court may admit and cause to be sworn as attorneys such persons as are qualified therefor, in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the Superior Court. The judges of the Superior Court may establish rules relative to the admission, qualifications, practice and removal of attorneys.
(1949 Rev., S. 7638; P.A. 82-248, S. 69.)
History: P.A. 82-248 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes.
Employment of attorney as such does not authorize him to discharge plaintiff's claim. 21 C. 245. In suits by him for services, his professional standing and amount of business may be inquired into. 40 C. 97; 105 C. 444; 107 C. 383. A woman may be admitted as an attorney. 50 C. 131. Power of court to remove attorney, and proper causes therefor. 66 C. 585; 80 C. 140; 84 C. 602; 88 C. 447; 90 C. 440; 112 C. 269. Nature of office of attorney. 72 C. 244; 74 C. 700; 80 C. 147. Qualification and procedure for admission generally. 79 C. 46. Right to practice not a property right. Id., 55. Disbarment of attorney who is also judge of probate does not disqualify him as to latter office. 88 C. 447. Source of court's authority for its rules. Id., 456. Order for indefinite suspension is valid. 90 C. 441. Proper to vest in bar examining committee power to make decisions under rules of judges, including power to determine approved law schools. 116 C. 417. History of law with respect to admission of attorneys. 129 C. 52. Applicant may be admitted only when qualified in accordance with rules established by judges; rules have force of statute. 132 C. 241. Legislative recognition of inherent right of the Superior Court to promulgate rules for admission of attorneys; history of section reviewed. 145 C. 222. Cited. 146 C. 556. Can be construed only as a legislative recognition of inherent power of the Superior Court; questions of law arising upon proceedings for admission to the bar are properly presented in a petition to the court. 148 C. 177. Cited. 154 C. 129, 150. Applicant, member of Maryland bar, admitted without examination although practice in Connecticut would be confined to one corporate client. 155 C. 186. Authority of the Superior Court to regulate the conduct of attorneys who are officers of the court. 180 C. 443. Cited. 220 C. 812.
Cited. 9 CA 825; 29 CA 43.
Cited. 20 CS 268. Terms of injunction in accordance with Supreme Court decision re practice of law by trust departments of banks. 21 CS 42. If an applicant seeks admittance to the bar without examination, he is not the victim of discrimination if strict compliance with the rule is insisted on. 22 CS 214. New York attorney not a member of Connecticut bar held not entitled to recover for legal services rendered in Connecticut. 23 CS 225. Cited. 34 CS 674.
Legislature, by insertion of exception clause in Sec. 1-19, presumed to intend to exclude from operation of “right to know” statutes exclusive power over admission to bar vested in Superior Court by this section. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 313, 321.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
22
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1959–2024 · leading case:
State v. Jones, 429 A.2d 936 (Conn. 1980).
State v. Jones, 429 A.2d 936 (Conn. 1980).
· cites it 4× “1-52; which has been approved by the judges of the Superior Court.”
Heiberger v. Clark, 169 A.2d 652 (Conn. 1961).
· cites it 6× “A resume of the history of § 51-80 demonstrates that this argument is fallacious.”
Statewide Grievance Comm. v. Burton, 917 A.2d 966 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 51-80 provides in relevant part: “The Superior Court may admit and cause to be sworn as attorneys such persons as are qualified therefor, in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the Superior Court.”
Grievance Comm. v. Dacey, 222 A.2d 339 (Conn. 1966).
· cites it 4× “…§ 5345, as amended in 1933, 1937 and 1943, became § 7641. In the 1958 Revision of the General Statutes, § 7638 became § 51-80, while § 7641 became § 51-88. The redundancy in the prohibition against the practice of law in court in §§ 7638 and 7641 seems to have been detected by…”
Scott v. State Bar Examining Comm., 601 A.2d 1021 (Conn. 1992).
· cites it 2× “Ill Because the Superior Court has the ultimate power to grant or deny an applicant admission to the bar; General Statutes § 51-80; our holding today merely reverses the trial court’s judgment ordering the petitioner admitted to the bar.”
Perlah v. S.E.I. Corp., 612 A.2d 806 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992).
· cites it 3× “Section 51-88 2 prohibits the practice of law in or outside a Connecticut courtroom by a person not admitted as an attorney under the provisions of General Statutes § 51-80. Grievance Committee v.”
Hallas v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 557 A.2d 568 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989).
· cites it 2× “The plaintiffs and the defendant Robinson and Cole agree that the law firm is regulated both by the rules of practice for attorneys in this state; General Statutes § 51-80 through § 51-94; and the federal fraud and disclosure provisions for the sale of securities under § 17 of…”
In re Darlene C., 717 A.2d 1242 (Conn. 1998).
“General Statutes § 51-88 provides in relevant part: “Practice of law by persons not attorneys, (a) Aperson who has not been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80 shall not: (1) Practice law or appear as an attomey-at-law for another, in any court of…”
In re Peterson, 163 B.R. 665 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1994).
“1993) provides in relevant part: A person who has not been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80 shall not: (1) Practice law or appear as an attorney-at-law for another, in any court of record in this state, (2) make it a business to practice law, or…”
Statewide Grievance Comm. v. Patton, 683 A.2d 1359 (Conn. 1996).
“General Statutes § 51-88 provides in relevant part: “Practice of law by persons not attorneys, (a) A person who has not been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80 shall not: (1) Practice law or appear as an attomey-at-law for another, in any court of…”
Ellis v. Cohen, 982 A.2d 1130 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009).
“8 General Statutes § 51-88 (a) provides in relevant part that “[a] person who has not been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80 shall not . . . [pjractice law or appear as an attomey-at-law for another, in any court of record in this state .”
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