Legal Opinion
Application of Nort
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided January 24, 1980No. 12143PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Petitioner seeks waiver of SCR 51(3), which requires that an applicant for examination for a license to practice as an attorney in this state “[h]ave received a degree of bachelor of laws, or an equivalent law degree, from a law school approved by the committee on legal education and admissions to the bar of the American Bar Association, and shall present evidence of the same.” The Board of Bar Examiners has opposed the petition.
Petitioner concedes that he has not met the requirements of this rule, but urges the court to grant him a waiver, particularly referring us to Brown v. Supreme…
3Cases cited27 opinions
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- Leis v. FlyntSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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4Cited by8 opinions
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