IN RE THE RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR OF MONTANA ( 2020 )

07/09/2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: AF 11-0244 AF 11-0244 FILED JUL 0 9 2020 Bowen Greenwoad Clerk of Suprerne Court IN RE THE RULES FOR ADMISSION O R DE tate of Montana TO THE BAR OF MONTANA Some 2020 graduates of the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana have petitioned this Court to adopt emergency temporary rules allowing diploma privilege for admission to the State Bar of Montana in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most petitioners are scheduled to sit for the Montana Uniform Bar Exam on July 28-29, 2020. After review of the petition, the Court deems it appropriate to order an expedited response. IT IS ORDERED that the State Bar of Montana and/or the Montana Board of Bar Examiners are given until Monday, July 13, 2020, within which to file a response to the petition. No reply brief shall be filed. The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to counsel for Petitioners, the State Bar of Montana, and all members ofthe Montana Board of Bar Examiners. DATED this Criz-day of July, 2020. For the Court, Chief Justice