08/24/2021

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: PR 06-0422 L PR 06-0422 AUG 2 Li 2021 Bowen G ree nw,.. • Clerk of SuprcF,:, • Stz•---..i• IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ORDER BENJAMIN D. HARGROVE

Benjamin D. Hargrove has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of Hargrove's 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.

Hargrove passed the MPRE in 2017 when seeking admission to the practice of law in Minnesota. Hargrove was admitted to the Minnesota State Bar and is in good standing.

The petition states that Hargrove has practiced since 2018 "with no ethical or disciplinary action." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Benjamin D. Hargrove to waive the three-year test requirement for the IWPRE for purposes of Hargrove's current application for adrnission 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 Exarnin at the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this 2 —Li Uay of August, 2021.

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