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McGinn v. STATE BAR BD. OF STATE OF ND

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 1987No. Civ. 11296PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESCHKE, Justice.

Denise McGinn petitioned this court to review the negative recommendation of the North Dakota State Bar Board on her second of three applications for admission to practice law. We reject her petition.

After failing the July 1985 bar examination, Denise took the February 1986 bar examination consisting of six essay questions graded on a scale of zero to ten points and 200 multi-state multiple choice questions. Before administering the test, the Bar Board determined that a combined score of 130 utilizing the equi-percentile method of grading was necessary for it to make a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Eugene W. Tyler v. Trammell E. Vickery, Ralph Banks, Jr. v. Trammell E. Vickery, James E. C. Perry v. Edward S. Sell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. MeadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Dinger v. State Bar BoardNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Petition of ThompsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Scinto v. StammSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  2. Board of Bar Admissions v. APPLICANT FMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Application of LambNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Faulconbridge v. North Dakota State Bar BoardNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Lamb v. North Dakota State Bar BoardNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995

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