Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination. ( 2021 )

02/02/2021 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, Case Number: PR 06-0422 PR 06-0422 FEY: 0 2 2021 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Couri State of Monta na IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ORDER JOHN D. BELKIN John D. Belkin has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination(MPRE)for purposes of applying for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for admission by motion must provide evidence ofthe requisite score on an MPRE taken "within three years preceding the date of the application for admission." Rule IV.A.3, Rules of Adrnission. Belkin passed the MPRE in 1998 when seeking admission to the practice oflaw in the State of Colorado, where Belkin was admitted. Belkin has also admitted to the Wyoming Bar. Belkin has practiced law continuously for 22 years, "without any ethical or disciplinary violations in any jurisdiction where licensed or where admitted pro hac vice." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of John D. Belkin to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of a current application for adrnission by rnotion 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. p,s-J DATED thisz day of February, 2021. Chief Justice (A#4/f ''''‘t4 ,# Justices