Title: Matter of Kennedy

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
§ 
IN THE MATTER OF:  
 
 
§ 
No. 668, 2002 
§ 
 
NICOLE C. KENNEDY  
 
 
§ 
Appeal from the Board of 
§ 
Bar Examiners of the 
§ 
State of Delaware 
 
Submitted: April 22, 2003 
Decided: April 28, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, 
Justices, constituting the Court en Banc. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 28th day of April, 2003, on consideration of the briefs of the parties, it 
appears to the Court that: 
1) Nicole C. Kennedy, an unsuccessful bar applicant, appeals from a decision of 
the Board of Bar Examiners denying her request to review her answers to the 2002 
Delaware Bar Examination.  She contends that the absence of meaningful review of her 
test scores violates procedural and substantive due process under the Fourteenth 
Amendment to the United States Constitution. 
2) This Court has repeatedly considered and rejected similar arguments, most 
recently in Applicant No.26 v. Bd. of Bar Examiners,1 and we continue to find no violation 
                                                          
 
1780 A.2d 252 (Del. 2001). 
 
 
2 
of procedural or substantive due process in the manner in which the Delaware Bar 
Examination is graded and reviewed. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the petition to review the decision 
of the Board of Bar Examiners is DENIED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
Justice