Court Opinion

ID: 9673870
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:19:51.58177+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:24.391968
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OTIS, Justice
(dissenting).
I join in the dissent of Mr. Justice Yetka. Western had no opportunity to become accredited prior to 1977, by which time Bryan Hansen was ready to graduate. This is not a case where the ABA has declined to approve a law school, and we are not justified in assuming Western fails to meet ABA standards. All of the evidence strongly suggests Hansen is a highly qualified candidate for admission to our bar. We establish no precedent by permitting him to sit for the examination since the ABA ban on accrediting proprietary schools has now been lifted. This is not a proper case for us to adopt a rigid and inflexible attitude to vindicate our rules.