2017 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part III - Court Officers and Employees
Chapter 57 - General Provisions Applicable to Court Officers and Employees
Sec. 955 - Practice of law restricted

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Citation 28 U.S.C. § 955 (2017)
Section Name §955. Practice of law restricted
Section Text

The clerk of each court and his deputies and assistants shall not practice law in any court of the United States.

Source Credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 926.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§395 and 396 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §§273, 274, 36 Stat. 1164).

Section consolidates parts of sections 395 and 396 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The remainder, relating to United States marshals and their deputies, is incorporated in section 556 of this title.

Sections 395 and 396 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., have been extended to include all clerks, deputies, and assistants.

The revised section substitutes as simpler and more appropriate, the prohibition against practice of law "in any court of the United States." (See reviser's note under section 556 of this title.)

For explanation of provisions omitted from sections 395 and 396 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., also see reviser's note under section 556 of this title.

Changes in phraseology were made.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III - COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 57 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Sec. 955 - Practice of law restricted
Contains section 955
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 36 Stat. 1164
62 Stat. 926
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