09/08/2020
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTI
Case Number: PR 06-0422
PR 06-0422
Fl
SEP 00 2020
Greenwd00
Bowen
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF of rerne C0urt
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Statek_p PPErit
LARS K. EVENSEN
Lars K. Evensen 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 adrnission." Rule IV.A.3,
Rules of Admission. Evensen passed the MPRE in 2003 when seeking admission to the
practice oflaw in Nevada, where he was admitted. Evensen has practiced law for 17 years
"without any ethical or disciplinary issues where licensed or where admittedpro hac vice."
Good cause appearing,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Lars K. Evensen to waive the
three-year test requirernent 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 6 day of September, 2020.
Chief Justice
Justices
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