LINCOLN - David Sears was one of three law school graduates in the state to petition the Nebraska Supreme Court last week to allow aspiring attorneys to skip the examination for admission to the bar.

They want the court to grant all applicants emergency diplomas to allow them to start working as the coronavirus continues to endanger people in large gatherings, such as test sites. Many exam applicants wrote impact statements to the court telling of their angst and the danger they see in having to take that test in person with up to 148 other applicants.

In their petition to the Supreme Court, which denied it in a ruling on Saturday, the applicants argued emergency declarations and health directives have been made locally and nationally that allow for special circumstances. Ricketts has issued no less than 31 executive orders since March 31 related to the pandemic, they said.

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