In re Kennelly

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

John D. Kennelly has appealed from the decision of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association refusing to admit him to the practice of law. He failed the bar examination held in February 1974, but alleges that for several reasons the examination did not give him an adequate and fair opportunity to demonstrate his legal abilities.1

The Alaska bar examination consists of three parts: an essay examination consisting of a portion of the California examination; an Alaska essay examination and the multi-state multiple choice test.

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First, he argues that the bar…