Application of Hughes

The Board of Bar Examiners (the Board) appeals the order of a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court (Wathen, J.) admitting petitioner Polly A. Hughes to the bar despite the Board’s refusal to give her the certificate of good moral character required for admission by 4 M.R.S.A. § 805-A(l) (1989) and M.Bar.Adm.R. 8, 9(a). Contrary to petitioner’s contentions, we hold that we have jurisdiction to review the single justice’s decision and that the Board possesses standing to oppose her admission and to appeal the justice’s order. On the merits of this appeal, we vacate the single justice’s…