Montana Supreme Court, 2020

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.
Montana Supreme Court · Decided September 1, 2020

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

Opinion

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OFFIViaTtilA Case Number: PR 06-0422

PR 06-0422 SEP 0 1 20n Bowen Greenwood Uerk of Supreme Court IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Sta itly in c '`E' R JOSE B. LORENZO

Jose B. Lorenzo has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of his application for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for adrnission by motion must provide evidence of the requisite score on an MPRE taken "within three years preceding the date of the application for admission." Rule IV.A.3, Rules of Admission. Lorenzo passed the MPRE in 1998 when seeking adrnission to the practice of law in Florida. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1998 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1999, and has rernained a member of good standing in both of those bars since then. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition ofJose B. Lorenzo to waive the three- year test requirernent for the MPRE for purposes of his current application for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana is GRANTED.

The Clerk shall mail a copy of this order to Petitioner and to the Adrninistrator of the Board of Bar Examiners at the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this / day of Septernber, 2020.

Chief Justice

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