Court Opinion

ID: 4563727
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Date Created: 2020-09-08 23:07:08.760369+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:22:20.881619
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09/08/2020

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTI
                                                                                       Case Number: PR 06-0422

                                       PR 06-0422
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                                                                SEP 00 2020
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 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF                                  of    rerne C0urt
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 LARS K. EVENSEN

       Lars K. Evensen has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement
for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of his
application for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for
admission by motion must provide.evidence of the requisite score on an MPRE taken
"within three years preceding the date of the application for adrnission." Rule IV.A.3,
Rules of Admission. Evensen passed the MPRE in 2003 when seeking admission to the
practice oflaw in Nevada, where he was admitted. Evensen has practiced law for 17 years
"without any ethical or disciplinary issues where licensed or where admittedpro hac vice."
Good cause appearing,
      IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Lars K. Evensen to waive the
three-year test requirernent for the MPRE for purposes of his current application for
admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana is GRANTED.
      The Clerk shall mail a copy of this order to Petitioner and to the Administrator of
the Board of Bar Examiners at the State Bar of Montana.
      DATED this 6 day of September, 2020.

                                                          Chief Justice
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