REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.901 State bar; membership; public body corporate.
Sec. 901.
The state bar of Michigan is a public body corporate, the membership of which consists of all persons who are now and hereafter licensed to practice law in this state. The members of the state bar of Michigan are officers of the courts of this state, and have the exclusive right to designate themselves as "attorneys and counselors," or "attorneys at law," or "lawyers." No person is authorized to practice law in this state unless he complies with the requirements of the supreme court with regard thereto.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Constitutionality Notes:
The State of Michigan, through the combined actions of the Supreme Court, the Legislature, and the State Bar, may compulsorily exact dues, and require association of attorneys, to support only those duties and functions of the State Bar which serve a compelling state interest and which cannot be accomplished by means less intrusive upon the First Amendment rights of objecting attorneys. Falk v State Bar, 418 Mich 270; 342 NW2d 504 (1983).
The regulation of the practice of law, the maintenance of high standards in the legal profession, and the discharge of the profession's duty to protect and inform the public are purposes in which the State of Michigan has a compelling interest justifying unavoidable intrusions on the First Amendment rights of attorneys; on the other hand, political and legislative activities are impermissible intrusions, as are activities designed to further commercial and economic interests of the members of the bar. Falk v State Bar, 418 Mich 270; 342 NW2d 504 (1983).
Notes of Decisions
Morris & Doherty, PC v. Lockwood, 672 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 8× “The members of the state bar of Michigan are officers of the courts of this state, and have the exclusive right to designate themselves as “attorneys and counselors,” or “attorneys at law,” or “lawyers.”
Sam v. Balardo, 308 N.W.2d 142 (Mich. 1981).
· cites it 4× “See MCL 600.901; MSA 27A.901 and State Bar Rule 2 and 3(a).”
Mcneill-marks v. Midmichigan Med. Ctr.-gratiot, 891 N.W.2d 528 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“The members of the state bar of Michigan are officers of the courts of this state, and have the exclusive right to designate themselves as “attorneys and counselors,” or “attorneys at law,” or “lawyers.”
Grievance Adm'r v. Fieger, 719 N.W.2d 123 (Mich. 2006).
· cites it 2× “901, which provides: The members of the state bar of Michigan are officers of the courts of *134 this state, and have the exclusive right to designate themselves as "attorneys and counselors," or "attorneys at law," or "lawyers.”
People v Pubrat, 548 N.W.2d 595 (Mich. 1996).
· cites it 2× “§ 600.901; M.S.A. § 27A.901. [4] See In re Grimes, 414 Mich.”
Falk v. State Bar of Mich., 305 N.W.2d 201 (Mich. 1981).
· cites it 3× “d 292, 297 (1963); Detroit Bar Ass’n v Union Guardian Trust Co, 282 Mich 707, 712 ; 281 NW 432 (1938), quoting from In re Cannon, 206 Wis 374, 397; 240 NW 441 (1932), the courts have been emphatic in recognizing their own peculiar and special interest in the conduct of attorneys…”
In Re Bulson, 327 B.R. 830 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2005).
· cites it 2× “In connection with that submission, he affirmatively represented to the court that the February 20 amended plan was being submitted for a proper purpose and that the legal contentions within them were warranted by existing laws or a non-frivolous argument for the modification of…”
People v. Dunbar, 625 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 2001).
· cites it 2× “901, provides that the members of the State Bar of Michigan are officers of the courts of this state, and in order to obtain a license to practice law one must prove to the satisfaction of the Board of Law Examiners that one is "a person of good moral character," M.”
State Bar v. Cramer, 249 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 1976).
· cites it 2× “MCLA 600.901; MSA 27A.901. These requirements include educational, character and fitness, and examination components.”
In Re Desilets, 247 B.R. 660 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2000).
· cites it 3× “See Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.901 ; 28 U.S.”
People v. Ramos, 424 N.W.2d 509 (Mich. 1988).
· cites it 2× “[15] Additionally, the RJA contains another oath provision which clearly applies to nonjudicial proceedings: Whenever any oath or affidavit is or may be required or authorized by law in any cause, matter, or proceeding, except oaths to witnesses and jurors in the trial of a…”
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