{"id":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRADE-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices)","authority":"Mont. Const. art. VII, § 2(3)","instrument":"Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)","title":"In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana","dateIssued":"2020-06-17","effective":"2020-06-17","end":"provisional admissions pending the next administration","startDate":"2020-06-17","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["GATH","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["recent law graduates","lawyers admitted elsewhere","law firms employing provisional admittees"],"clause":"IT IS ORDERED that the Petition to Adopt Temporary Rules for the Admission to the Bar of Montana is GRANTED, and the attached Rules are ADOPTED, effective immediately.... A. Purpose 1. In light of the extraordinary circumstances created by the global pandemic of COVID-19, some candidates will be unable or unwilling to sit in person for the Montana Uniform Bar Examination and will choose to defer until the next administration of the exam. 2. Postponing the bar examination may impair the livelihoods of those persons as well as the lawyers and law firms who intended to employ those persons. 3. Through provisional admission of eligible persons, the Court seeks to mitigate the economic hardships for those candidates","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["HR law firm hiring of 2020 graduates by provisional admission","GATH July 2020 in-person sitting avoided by provisional admittees","CS client representation by provisional admittees"],"notes":"The Court\u0027s own finding that the pandemic\u0027s effect on the exam \u0027may impair the livelihoods... [of] the lawyers and law firms who intended to employ those persons.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.montanabar.org/resource/collection/5F4544BD-CC77-491D-91C1-39EAA0E445DF/Rule_Change_-_Bar_Exam.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200706132713/https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.montanabar.org/resource/collection/5F4544BD-CC77-491D-91C1-39EAA0E445DF/Rule_Change_-_Bar_Exam.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":103065,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060","citation":"Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices), Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060)","stateName":"Montana","related":[]}