Opinion
PR 06-0422
03-22-2022
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF LUKAS DAVID O'DOWD
ORDER
Lukas David O'Dowd has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of O'Dowd's 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 admission." Rule VILA.9, Rules of Admission.
O'Dowd passed the MPRE in 2010 when seeking admission to the practice of law in the State of Idaho. The petition states that O'Dowd has been practicing law "without ethical or disciplinary issues" since 2010. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Lukas David O'Dowd to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of O'Dowd's 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.