In re the Recommendation of the Board of Bar Examiners for the Conditional Admission of Ogilvie

[¶ 55.] Based on a de novo review of this record, I would hold that Ogilvie has failed by clear and convincing evidence to establish that he possesses the “good moral character” to gain admission to the State Bar of South Dakota. As such, I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the Court.

[¶ 56.] An essential beginning of an examination of this question is to once again re-affirm the basis upon which an attorney is allowed to enter and remain in this professional calling. For nearly as long as there has been a South Dakota, those wishing to engage here in the practice of law have taken the…