Case Name: Marianne Eugenia SCHIMELFENIG, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2009-03-31
Citations: 600 Pa. 627
Docket Number: No. 147 EM 2008
Parties: Marianne Eugenia SCHIMELFENIG, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS, Respondent.
Judges: Justice MeCAFFERY dissents.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 600
Pages: 627–627

Head Matter:
969 A.2d 1176
Marianne Eugenia SCHIMELFENIG, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS, Respondent.
No. 147 EM 2008.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 31, 2009.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 31st day of March, 2009, the Petition for Review is GRANTED. The parties are directed to brief the following issues:
1) Whether, in the particular circumstances here, Petitioner should be deemed to have substantially complied with Pa.B.A.R. 204; and
2) If not, whether our present Rule 204, which conditions admission for an out-state-attorney on whether that attorney has either taken the bar examination or practiced law for the past five out of seven years in a state that allows Pennsylvania attorneys to be admitted reciprocally, should be reconsidered.
Justice MeCAFFERY dissents.