OSAKWE v. BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS


448 Mass. 85 (2006)

GREGORY C. OSAKWE v. BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Osakwe, pro se.

Robert J. Muldoon, Jr. (Katy E. Koski with him) for Board of Bar Examiners.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


CORDY, J.

The respondent, Board of Bar Examiners (board), denied the application of the petitioner, Gregory C. Osakwe, to sit for the Massachusetts bar examination. The board found that Osakwe, who had his initial legal training in his native Nigeria, failed to satisfy the educational qualifications set out in S.J.C. Rule 3:01, as amended, 425 Mass. 1331 (1997), which governs admission to the bar of the Commonwealth. Under S.J.C. Rule 3:01, § 3.4, as appearing...

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