Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination. ( 2021 )

01/12/2021 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MOFILLNe Case Number: PR 06-0422 PR 06-0422 JAN 1 2 2021 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Coun: Stete of Nilo nta na IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION ORDER OF KRISTOFER S. BAUGHMAN Kristofer S. Baughman has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of applying for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for adrnission by motion rnust provide evidence of the requisite score on an MPRE taken "within three years preceding the date ofthe application for admission." Rule IV.A.3, Rules of Admission. Baughman passed the MPRE in 2013 when seeking admission to the practice of law in the State of California, and was admitted. Baughman has since practiced law continuously "without any ethical or disciplinary action or issues." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Kristofer S. Baughman to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of a current application for adrnission by motion to the State Bar of Montana is GRANTED. The Clerk shall mail a copy of this order to Petitioner and to the Administrator of the Board of Bar Examiners at the State Bar of Montana. "0 , DATED this 1 Z.- day of Januaiy, 2021. Chief Justice ta Justices