Theoretically, a man could become a counselor-at-law in England without reading “a single page of any law book.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of American Law] Reference

Mrs. Bradwell made application to be admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the Courts of Illinois.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

Not then the able diplomat and counselor-at-law, but a beardless youth, teaching his first school in an adjacent school district in the same county as Smyrna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unwritten History] Reference

State, and possessing the necessary qualifications, is entitled by the Constitution of the United States to be admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the courts of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

I could scarcely compose myself, and must have betrayed indignation in my mien to the stranger, who was a counselor-at-law in the neighborhood, a man of engaging aspect and polite address.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oliver Goldsmith A Biography] Reference

Our statute provides that no person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor-at-law, without having previously obtained a license for that purpose from two of the justices of the Supreme Court.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

The claim of the plaintiff, who is a married woman, to be admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law, is based upon the supposed right of every person, man or woman, to engage in any lawful employment for a livelihood.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

A German counselor-at-law is quoted as saying that the case is unusual in that the prohibition to leave the country had been issued unusally early after the civil action had been made known to the German, and in that the court in Changsha had no authority to deal with the case anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference

No person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor-at-law, or to commence, conduct, or defend any action, suit, or plaint, in which he is not a party concerned, in any court of record within this State, either by using or subscribing his own name or the name of any other person without having previously obtained a license for that purpose from some two of the Justices of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

Supreme Court, which license shall constitute the person receiving the same an attorney and counselor-at-law, and shall authorize him to appear in all the courts of record within this State, and there to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law, according to the laws and customs thereof, for and during his good behavior in said practice, and to demand and receive all such fees as are or hereafter may be established for any services which he shall or may render as an attorney or counselor-at-law in this State.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference

The statute of Illinois on this subject enacts that no person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor-at-law, or to commence, conduct, or defend any action, suit, or plaint, in which he is not a party concerned, in any court of record within this State, either by using or subscribing his own name or the name of any other person, without having previously obtained a license for that purpose from some two of the justices of the Supreme Court, which license shall constitute the person receiving the same an attorney and counselor-at-law, and shall authorize him to appear in all the courts of record within this State, and there to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law, according to the laws and customs thereof.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference