In re July 1986 Ohio Bar Examination Applicant No. 125, Brown

This cause was initiated by the court sua sponte pursuant to its constitutional authority to regulate admission to the practice of law and all other matters relating to the practice of law. Section 2, Article IV, Ohio Constitution.

Respondent, Lloyd Odom Brown, Jr., took the July 1986 Ohio bar examination and, for purposes of the examination, was assigned applicant number 125. Pursuant to the examination scoring procedure in effect in 1986, applicants were afforded a presumption of passing the exam, and were therefore passed automatically, if they:

1. Scored in the upper 60 percentile of the…