IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO APR 4

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ORDER NO. 25700-A-757

     The Washington State Bar Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to ARP 4, and the Court having determined that the proposed amendment will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined that an emergency exists which necessitates an early adoption;

     Now, therefore, it is hereby

     ORDERED:

     (a) That the amendment as attached hereto is adopted.

     (b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(i), the amendment will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.

     DATED at Olympia, Washington this 5th day of December 2002.

	Alexander, C. J.
Smith, J.
Johnson, J.	Bridge, J.
Madsen, J.	Chambers, J.
Ireland, J.	Owens, J.

     (a) Bar Examination. [No change].

     (b) Certification of Results; Notice. [No change].

     (c) Repeating Bar Examination. An applicant failing a bar examination may apply to take another bar examination, but after the third failure occurring over any period of time no applicant shall take any subsequent bar examination until 11 months have elapsed since the date upon which the immediately preceding bar examination was taken. The 11-month waiting period shall apply to each succeeding failure on the bar examination.

     Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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