Sarazin v. Vermont Board of Bar Examiners

Applicant Mary Levin Sarazin appeals from a decision of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners holding that the rule requiring four-year clerkship applicants for the Vermont bar1 to pursue their clerkships only at firms located in Vermont is a “bright line” rule that may not be waived. We hold that the in-state requirement is waivable and remand for further consideration of Ms. Sarazin’s application.

We have original jurisdiction over appeals from the Board of Bar Examiners. Rules of Admission to the Bar of the Vermont Supreme Court (V.R.A.B.) § 14(b). The Board contends that applicant’s appeal…