Dominic M. Lombardi v. G. Joseph Tauro

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal of a Civil Rights action brought under 42 U. S.C. § 1983 involves the constitutional validity of certain Massachusetts rules, statutes, and constitutional provisions regulating admissions to the. bar. The provision most directly in question is Rule 3:01(3)(b) of the Supreme Judicial Court, which requires that all candidates for admission to the Massachusetts bar be graduates of a qualified law school. 1 Appellant, Dominic M. Lombardi, has completed all course requirements at Western New England Law School, which is considered “qualified”…