Krutell v. New York State Board of Law Examiners

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connor, J.), entered October 14, 2004 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner a passing grade on the February 2003 bar examination.

Petitioner took the New York State bar examination in February 2003 and, on May 21, 2003, she was notified that she failed the exam. As a consequence, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging respondent’s grading of her essay questions. Supreme Court found that…