Petition of Wayland

IRWIN, Justice:

Russell Wayland, who failed to pass the June 1971 bar examination has petitioned this Court for relief which would require that his examination papers be reviewed and regraded by the Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners; and that he be admitted to the Practice of Law in Oklahoma.

The first issue presented is whether Mr. Wayland comes within the 1940 Rules and Regulations Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Oklahoma, as amended in 1963 (the old rules), or comes within the rules adopted and promulgated by this Court on April 6, 1970, which became effective June 1, 1970 (the…