In the Matter of the Application of Caleb Alexander Harlin for Admission by Examination

Summary

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reviewed the denial of Caleb Alexander Harlin's application to take the Oklahoma bar examination. The Court held that an attorney licensed in a non-reciprocal jurisdiction applying under Rule 4, section 1, was not required to satisfy the undergraduate-degree requirement applicable to law-student applicants under section 2. The Court reversed the Board of Bar Examiners' decision and granted Harlin's application to take the examination.

Holdings

1. An attorney applying under Rule 4, section 1, is not required to satisfy the law-student registration requirements in section 2, including the undergraduate-degree requirement in section 2(a).
2. Harlin satisfied the applicable requirements of Rule 4 and had no outstanding requirements preventing him from taking the Oklahoma bar examination.

Questions Presented

1. Whether an attorney licensed in a non-reciprocal jurisdiction applying to take the Oklahoma bar examination under Rule 4, section 1, must satisfy the undergraduate-degree requirement imposed on law-student applicants under Rule 4, section 2(a).
2. Whether Harlin satisfied the remaining requirements of Rule 4 for admission by examination.

Disposition

reversed