Opinion ID: 2366205
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Bar's Interest in Reducing Administrative Burdens Is High

Text: ¶ 28 Courts have found that governmental interests, including the fiscal and administrative burdens caused by additional procedures, can outweigh the other Mathews factors. See In re Arnovick, 2002 UT 71, ¶ 16, 52 P.3d 1246 (noting that the fiscal and administrative costs of imposing any additional procedures on the Bar outweigh the benefit that such procedures could provide, especially given the ever-increasing number of Bar applicants); see also Lucero, 718 F.2d at 358 (holding that the requirement of a full evidentiary hearing every time a bar applicant fails the bar would place an intolerable burden upon the Board (internal quotation marks omitted)). ¶ 29 In this case, the administrative burden of providing a pre-disqualification hearing to every examinee who failed to abide by testing protocol would be significant. Even assuming that the hearing would not have to be a formal proceeding, waiting for technicians to determine whether answers had been altered could take tremendous time, especially if more than one student failed to abide by the testing procedures. The Bar's strong interest in the efficient administration of the Exam outweighs Mr. McBride's private interest and the low risk of erroneous deprivation. In short, we conclude that Mr. McBride's procedural due process rights did not require the Bar to provide Mr. McBride with a full hearing prior to his disqualification.