Printable Format20-105. Qualifications of justices. No person shall be qualified to hold the office of justice of the supreme court, unless such person shall have been regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas and has engaged in the active and continuous practice of law, as a lawyer, judge of a court of record or any court in this state, full-time teacher of law in an accredited law school or any combination thereof for a period of at least ten (10) years prior to the date of appointment as justice.
History: L. 1917, ch. 153, § 1; R.S. 1923, 20-105; L. 1976, ch. 146, § 2; April 19.
Source or Prior Law:
L. 1915, ch. 208, § 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Supreme court; qualifications of justices. 86-7.
Qualifications of supreme court justices. 86-160.
Nominee need not be a full-time trial attorney and is not automatically disqualified to hold a position not requiring legal expertise. 87-121.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Qualifications for district judge must continue to time of election. Hanson v. Cornell, 136 Kan. 172, 173, 174, 12 P.2d 802.
2. Cited; disbarred attorney ineligible to hold office as judge. State, ex rel., v. Stice, 186 Kan. 69, 73, 348 P.2d 833.