Legal Opinion
Matter of Adams
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1985No. 15812PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
Colin L. Adams (petitioner) petitioned this Court requesting a waiver of, or exemption from, NMSA 1978, Bar Examiners Rule 8(b)(2) (Adv.Annot. April 1985). This section requires a New Mexico bar applicant to possess the following qualification:(2) is a graduate with a juris doctor or bachelor of laws and letters degree (at the time of the bar examination for which application is made) of a law school formally accredited by the American Bar Association or is a graduate of any law school who has been engaged in the practice of law in another state or states for at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Rose v. BondurantSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Application of HansenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Suffling v. BondurantDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1972
- In Re SchatzWashington Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Dundee v. Nebraska State Bar Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1996
- Novak v. Board of Bar ExaminersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Petition of DolanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
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