Montana Supreme Court, 2020

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.
Montana Supreme Court · Decided October 13, 2020

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

Opinion

10/13/2020

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

PR 06-0422 FILL OCT 1 3 2n20 IN THE MA 11ER OF THE PETITION OF Ao , JASON M. BURROWS DER

Jason A. Burrows 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 admission 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. Burrows passed the MPRE in 1997 when seeking licensure to practice law in the State of California, where he was admitted. Burrows has since practiced law for years "without any ethical or disciplinary issues in any jurisdiction where licensed or where admitted pro hac vice." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Jason M. Burrows to waive the three-year test requirement 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 Administrator of the Board of Bar Examiners at the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this 13day of October, 2020. g-;1 xi ,A.-11,_ (4t'. 774 --Wf.,._

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