Novak v. Board of Bar Examiners

In this case we consider whether S.J.C. Rule 3:01, § 3.3, as amended, 380 Mass. 942, 943 (1980) (concerning the necessary law school qualifications for taking the Massachusetts bar examination), should bar the plaintiff, who entered and graduated from law school before the rule was amended, from taking the bar examination where the amended rule now renders the plaintiff ineligible although he would have been eligible to take the examination under the previous rule. See S.J.C. Rule 3:01, § 3.3, 370 Mass. 908 (1976) (the previous rule). In September, 1984, after the plaintiff was denied…