Montana Supreme Court, 2021

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.
Montana Supreme Court · Decided July 27, 2021

Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

Opinion

07/27/2021

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

PR 06-0422 JUL 2 7 2"21 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Bowen Gra,anwcod O R liPErRof Supra:crpT, Court KELLY J. MOE Sta, -)1•R ro.

Kelly J. Moe has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirernent for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of Moe's application for admission upon UBE score transfer to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for admission by score transfer 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.

Moe passed the MPRE in 2018 when seeking admission to the practice of law in North Dakota, where Moe was adrnitted. The petition states Moe has practiced law as a family law attorney "without any ethical or disciplinary action." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Kelly J. Moe to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of Moe's current application for admission by UBE score transfer 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- 1-- day of July, 2021.

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