Legal Opinion

In Re Amendments to Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 16, 2010No. SC08-2296Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partLewis, J.

Historically, this Court has endeavored to establish and apply the rules with regard to admission to The Florida Bar as objectively as possible. Cf. Fla. Bd. of Bar Exam’rs in re Barry Univ. Sch. of Law, 821 So.2d 1050, 1054-55 (Fla.2002); Fla. Bd. of Bar Exam’rs in re Mass. Sch. of Law, 705 So.2d 898, 899 (Fla.1998); Fla. Bd. of Bar Exam’rs in re Hale, 433 So.2d 969, 972-73 (Fla.1983); LaBossiere v. Fla. Bd. of Bar Exam’rs, 279 So.2d. 288, 279 (Fla.1973). This tends to eliminate uncertainty and provides standards and guidelines that may be clearly understood and equally applied. The majority…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Florida Bd. of Bar Examiners in Re HaleSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  2. Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re Massachusetts School of LawSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  3. Florida Board of Bar Examiners re Barry University School of LawSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  4. Florida Bar v. GussowSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  5. Florida Board of Bar Examiners re SimringSupreme Court of Florida · 2000

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