Riave

A resolution of the Committee of Bar Examiners denying Lionel L. Riave’s application, made under section 6060.8 of the Business and Professions Code, for admission to practice law without examination, declares that he has not complied with all of the statutory requirements. The record upon which the committee acted is before this court upon Riave’s petition to review its determination. (Rules on Original Proceedings in Reviewing Courts, rule 59 [b].)

Section 6060.8 excuses the requirement of a final bar examination (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6060, subd. (h)) in certain circumstances. One of them is that the applicant, after graduation from an accredited law school and prior to the next final bar examination, shall have “entered upon active duty in the armed forces during a period of hostilities between the United States and any other nation.” With the exception of this provision, it is undisputed that all of the requirements to allow Riave’s admission to practice have been satisfied.

According to his petition, Riave presently is a major in the Air Force Reserve. After serving in the Army Air Force during the second world war, he was released to inactive duty. His education,…