Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination. ( 2020 )

04/21/2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: PR 06-0422 PR 06-0422 FILED APR 2 1 2020 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF OR .DER Bowen Greenwooc JEFFREY J. JARVI Clerk of Supreme StAte nf COW-, Jeffrey J. Jarvi has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of his application for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for admission by motion must provide evidence of the requisite score on an MPRE taken "within three years preceding the date of the application for admission." Rule IV.A.3, Rules of Admission. Jarvi passed the MPRE in 1997 when seeking admission to the practice of law in Alaska. Since then he has "continuously practiced trial and appellate civil litigation before the state and federal courts serving Alaska," and remains a member in good standing of the Alaska Bar. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Jeffrey J. Jarvi to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of his current application for admission 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. DATED this rday of April, 2020. Chief Justice 2 4-6mg-0L-or