In re Proposed Amendments Concerning the Bar Examination & Admission to the Practice of Law

*160ORDER

The Montana Legislature has by resolution requested changes in the procedures and requirements for the admission to the practice of law in Montana. A constitutional amendment was presented to the electorate at the last general election, resulting in an affirmation of the constitutional provision that the Supreme Court continue to be the rule-making authority with regard to admission to the Bar of Montana.

During the past year this Court, in the exercise of its rule-making obligation and with the fundamental purpose being to protect the public from incompetent practitioners and to insure…