198 A. 113 | Pa. | 1938
Petitioner who is married desired the Board of Law Examiners to issue to her a certificate recommending *391
admission to this Court in her maiden name so that she may practice law with all its attendant circumstances in that name though using her married name while living with her husband. The Board refused to issue the certificate as requested but instead issued a certificate to her in the name of Marjorie Hanson, now Marjorie Matson. She claims that the action of the Board deprives her of the right to her maiden name which would constitute a deprivation of property without due process of law and a denial of the equal protection of the law. We recognize the common law rule that a married woman may use her maiden name for many purposes,1 particularly after divorce.2 But in regard to the practice of law we agree with the conclusion of the Board. We said in Montgomery County Bar Assn. v. Rinalducci,
The prayer of the petition is refused.