TEARE v. COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS

Nos. 87-1037, 87-1392, 88-116 and 89-50.

566 A.2d 23 (1989)

Peter Anthony Douglas TEARE, Noel C. Reilly, Abdul Mushin Nour Al-Athari, Martine Francine Coiquaud-Guerra, Petitioners, v. COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Anthony Douglas Teare, pro se.

Robert M. Clark, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Reilly.

Adrian L. Steel, Jr., Washington, D.C., for petitioner Al-Athari.

Peter J. Kadzik, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Coiquaud-Guerra.

Jerome Nelson for respondent. Lloyd N. Moore, Jr., Washington, D.C., filed a brief for respondent.

Before NEWMAN, STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Petitioners here are four resident alien attorneys, primarily educated in foreign law schools, who have been admitted to the bar of an American state within the past five years1 and now seek admission without examination to the bar of the District of Columbia. All four petitioners passed the bar examination of the other jurisdiction with a Multistate Bar Examination ("MBE") score of at least 133. Thus, they have...

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