In the Matter of: Meagan Hart

Summary

Justice Dougherty issues a concurring statement regarding the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's grant of extensions of limited licenses under Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rule 311(g) to Meagan Hart and another applicant. The statement maintains that the applicants did not demonstrate the required good cause but should receive relief because they lacked fair notice of the Court's newly clarified, stricter enforcement of the rule. It cautions that future applicants must explain why they were unable to obtain Pennsylvania bar admission within the rule's 30-month period.

Questions Presented

1. Whether an applicant for an extension of a limited license under Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rule 311(g) must specify why the applicant was unable to obtain admission to the Pennsylvania bar in the ordinary course within the rule's thirty-month period.
2. Whether an applicant who filed an extension request before receiving fair notice of the Court's stricter enforcement of Rule 311(g) should be granted relief despite failing to make that showing.

Disposition

other