Late Bar Application

n ORIGINAL 02/08/2022 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

Case Number: PR 22-0003 PR 22-0003 LL :

FEB 0 8 2022 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Suprerne

Court stat e of Montana

IN RE PETITION OF DUSTIN L. KUIPERS FOR

ORDER LEAVE TO SIT FOR BAR EXAMINATION

Dustin L. Kuipers has petitioned the Court for permission to sit for the February 2022 Montana Bar Exam. Rule III.I, Rules of Admission to the Bar of Montana, requires that an applicant who has been unsuccessful in three or more attempts to take the Bar Exam must obtain permission frorn the Court to retake the exam, and must "include a study plan and an explanation of the steps taken and to be taken by the applicant to improve the likelihood of the applicant's successful completion of the examination."

The petition sets forth a plan for Kuipers to prepare for the exam, including registration in a national preparatory program. The State Bar reports that Kuipers has previously submitted the necessary documentation to sit for the February 2022 exam administration. Good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Dustin L. Kuipers for leave to sit for the February 2022 adrninistration of the Montana Bar Examination is GRANTED.

The Clerk is directed to mail a copy hereof to Dustin L. Kuipers and to the Bar Admissions Administrator of the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this day of February, 2022.

Chief J Justices