In re Proposed Amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar

The Orange County Bar Association, Thomas B. Drage, and others (hereinafter collectively referred to as the OCBA) have filed a petition seeking to amend the following provisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar (hereinafter the Bar Admission Rules): former rule 2-11.1, the substance of which is now located in rule 4-13.1, “Educational Qualifications,”1 and rule 4-13.2, “Definition of Accredited.” We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.; Fla Bar. Admiss. R. 1-13.

' Rule 4-13.1 provides the educational qualifications that a Bar applicant must…