Widschwenter v. Board of Bar Examiners

Petitioner seeks to overrule the determination of the Board of Bar Examiners denying her credit for one year of her four-year law office clerkship for failure to file two of the six-month affidavits required by § 8(b) of the Rules of Admission to the Bar of the Vermont Supreme Court and denying her request for a hearing.

First, we reject petitioner’s contention that the proceedings below were governed by the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act. The Board is an arm of this Court and not an “agency” for purposes of the Act. Under 3 V.S.A. § 801(b)(1) an “agency” is a “state board . . . other…