BENNETT v. STATE BAR OF NEVADA

No. 18400.

746 P.2d 143 (1987)

In re Application of Robert J. BENNETT, Elizabeth Webb Beyer, Mari Kay Bickett, John S. Bodger, Richard Bjur, Judith H. Braecklein, Bonnie Brand, Robert H. Broili, Karla K. Butko, Dennis Cameron, Celeste Carter, Kateri Cavin, Deanna J. Conklin, Waldo De Castroverde, Marilyn Craig, Charles C. Diaz, Paul E. Ferguson, Walter B. Fey, Barbara K. Finley, John Gavin, Don Gish, Gregory F. Glodowski, Valerie Grubic, Herman G. Herbig, Geraldine K. Hughes, David Humke, Gary L. Kendrick, Brady W. Keresey, James Klaber, Jeffrey M. Laquaglia, Michael C. Lehners, Paul E. Loomie, Cuthbert E.A. Mack, Ann P. McCarthy, William J. McNulty, Mary Lou McSweeney-Wilson, Joseph D. Merkin, Phyllis Moen, Christopher Mumm, Randal Munn, Jerry P. Nims, Kathleen F. Noneman, William B. Nork, Judith A. Otto, James P. Pace, Richard Prato, Belinda B. Quilici, James T. Richardson, Florence Schroeder, Roger M. Sherman, Murial Skelly, Lynn L. Steyaert, Eric A. Stovall, Donna M. Sweger, Ruth J. Tabor, Catherine B. Thayer, Lorna L. Ward, Kent Wood, Kimberly Wood, and Frank Yeamans, Petitioners, v. The STATE BAR OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bible, Hoy, Miller, Trachok & Wadhams, Reno, for petitioners.

Samuel S. Lionel, Chairman, Bd. of Bar Examiners, Las Vegas, Ann Bersi, Executive Director, John E. Howe, Bar Counsel, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

GUNDERSON, Chief Justice:

The petition before us seeks a waiver of SCR 51(3) and requests this court to allow petitioners to be admitted as members of the State Bar of Nevada. Petitioners graduated from the Nevada School of Law (the school), formerly Old College School of Law, in 1985, 1986 and 1987, and all but one have successfully completed the Nevada bar examination since graduation. The Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada does not...

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