Legal Opinion
Petition of DeOrsey
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 19, 1973No. 73-128-M. P., 73-183-M. P., 73-256-M. PPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
We have consolidated these three petitions which ask that we reverse the refusal of the Board of Bar Examiners to recommend the petitioners’ admission as members of the bar of this state. Hereafter, when necessary, we shall refer to the petitioners by their last names.
All three petitioners are graduates of law schools having the accreditation of the American Bar Association. They are in all respects, but one, qualified to practice law in Rhode Island. Their one deficiency is an inability to pass the written portion of the bar examination. DeOrsey and Baccala have taken the examination three…
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