In Re Yisa

OPINION AND ORDER

Victor Yisa is an attorney licensed to practice law in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Board of Bar Examiners of the Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions (hereinafter “Board”) denied Mr. Yisa’s application to take the Kentucky Bar Examination, on the grounds that his Nigerian legal education was not the substantial equivalent of the education at a Kentucky law school. Mr. Yisa now requests we review and overturn the Board’s determination. Having reviewed the Board’s determination, we deny relief.

BACKGROUND

From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Yisa attended the University of Jos, where he…