Graves v. State Board of Law Examiners

[¶ 1] Rebecca Graves requested review of the recommendation of the State Board of Law Examiners (“the Board”) that she be conditionally admitted to the bar. We conclude the chairperson of the Board had an undisclosed potential conflict of interest, and we therefore reject the Board’s recommendation of conditional admission and remand for a new hearing before a different hearing panel.

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[¶ 2] Graves submitted a petition for admission to the bar and passed the July *2172002 bar examination. In September 2002 she was advised the Board was conducting a further character investigation. Graves…