AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF SUPREME COURT RELATING TO ADMISSIONS TO BAR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Keane, Chair, St. Petersburg, FL, C. Jeffrey McInnis, Immediate Past Chair, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Fernando S. Aran, Former Chair, Coral Gables, FL, Randall W. Hanna, Former Chair, Tallahassee, FL, Franklin R. Harrison, Former Chair, Panama City, FL, Kathryn E. Ressel, Executive Director, and Thomas A. Pobjecky, General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, Petitioner.

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar; Thomasina H. Williams of the Law Offices of Williams & Associates, Miami, FL, Daryl D. Parks of Parks & Crump, LLC, Tallahassee, FL, and Craig A. Gibbs of the Law Offices of Craig A. Gibbs, Jacksonville, FL, on behalf of the Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association; Harley Scott Herman of De Beaubian, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, Orlando, FL, on behalf of the Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches; Dean Don Lively, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FL, Dean Joseph D. Harbaugh, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Dean W. Gary Vause, Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, FL, Dean John Makdisi, St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, FL, Dean Jon L. Mills and Associate Dean George L. Dawson, University of Florida, College of Law, Gainesville, FL, and Dean Dennis O. Lynch, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of the Florida law schools; Noel G. Lawrence, a Board member of The Florida Bar, Jacksonville, FL; Professor Elizabeth M. Iglesias, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of the Society of American Law Teachers; Donald R. Odom, President and Elita D. Cobbs, Secretary, Tampa, FL, on behalf of the George Edgecomb Bar Association; attorneys Kevin C. Frein, a member of The Florida Bar, Plantation, FL, Wilfred C. Varn, a member of The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, Kimberly M. Reid, a member of The Florida Bar, Winter Park, FL, David W. Langham, a member of The Florida Bar, Pensacola, FL, Henry T. Sorensen, II, a member of The Florida Bar, Clearwater, FL, Gail E. Dawson, a member of The Florida Bar, Tampa, FL, and David M. White, Bar Member, Berkeley, CA; and Tom Swavely, Miami Springs, FL, Responding with comments.