{"id":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Hawaii; Supreme Court of Hawaii (bar admission)","state":"HI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRADE-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately)","authority":"RSCH Rules 1-2","instrument":"Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam)","title":"In the Matter of the September 2020 Bar Exam - Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-07-22","effective":"2020-07-22","end":"provisional licenses expire July 1, 2022","startDate":"2020-07-22","endDate":"2022-07-01","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["GATH","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["applicants registered for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 Hawaii bar examination","law firms employing provisional licensees"],"clause":"WHEREAS, there exist significant logistical challenges and health concerns surrounding sitting for a traditional bar exam during the COVID-19 pandemic, and WHEREAS, although protective measures such as social distancing, health screening, use of masks, and enhanced cleaning will be implemented for the Hawaii bar exam now scheduled for September 9 and 10, 2020, nevertheless significant concerns may still exist for some applicants... NOW, THEREFORE, the court hereby orders that individuals who registered for the written bar examination now scheduled for September 9 and 10, 2020 who are approved by order of this court to sit for that exam may, in the alternative to completing the written examination, elect to be provisionally admitted as an attorney of this State, without written examination, by provisional license that shall expire on July 1, 2022","enforcement":"Court order; RSCH Rule 2","functions":["HR admission of the 2020 class by provisional license (in force through Q3 2021 and beyond)","GATH the postponed Sept. 2020 sitting held under distancing, screening and masks","CS"],"notes":"The Court recites that the July exam was moved to September and conditioned on \u0027social distancing, health screening, use of masks, and enhanced cleaning.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SCMF-12-0000538-.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":168263,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071","citation":"Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately), Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam) (July 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071)","stateName":"Hawaii","related":["SEC-12-GM-133"]}