Excuse Not Accepted

The Minnesota Supreme Court has revoked a conditional readmission of an attorney who had failed to timely take and pass the MPRE

In support of his motion, Mulligan argues that he did not take the MPRE in 2020 because he did not know how or where to register for the exam until it was too late to take the exam. Mulligan details his unsuccessful efforts to learn how to register for the MPRE. Mulligan, however, provides no information about what, if any, internet research he performed during these efforts, or whether he reviewed the applicable rules, which identify the exam. Instead, Mulligan states that he first learned in November 2020 that the exam he needed to take was the MPRE and that he could contact the National Conference of Bar Examiners to register for this exam when an employee of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility told him this information. Mulligan asserts that he then registered for the next test date, which is in March 2021.

The court noted that it has “routinely denied” such reques ts. (Mike Frisch)