Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination. ( 2020 )

()MIN/IL 06/30/2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: PR 06-0422 PR 06-0422 FILEL-j JUN 3 0 2020 Bowen Greenwooq Clerk of Supreme Court IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Ivo of Montana ORDE BYRON G. GRUBER Byron G. Gruber 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. Gruber passed the MPRE in 2008 when seeking admission to the practice of law in Missouri, where he was admitted. Gruber has practiced law as member in good standing ofthe Missouri Bar since then "without any ethical or disciplinary issues." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Byron G. Gruber 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 this36—day of June, 2020. Chief Justice .9:1 A4 2.11.,_ ~