If you answer "yes" to any of the below questions, you are required to provide a complete explanation. Failure to disclose information may result in the revocation of your acceptance. Your obligation to disclose does not end upon admission and continues throughout your law school career.
In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction. Most jurisdictions at a minimum will ask the following questions and will conduct a background check. Your disclosure on this application must match what you disclose on your bar application. Failure to disclose may result in denial of your admission to law school and admission to the bar. Applicants are encouraged to determine the requirements for any jurisdiction in which they intend to seek admission by contacting the jurisdiction.
1. Have you ever been sanctioned, suspended, warned, placed on academic or disciplinary probation, been the subject of a disciplinary investigation, advised or required to withdraw or resign from any post-secondary school, college, university, professional school, or law school? This question includes but is not limited to, any proceedings, warnings, or discipline related to residential life/campus housing.
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Have you ever been investigated, warned, terminated, suspended, disciplined, laid-off for misconduct, including dishonesty, or permitted to resign in lieu of termination by any employer from any paid or volunteer position?
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Have you ever been arrested, cited for, detained for, indicted with, or convicted of any crime, whether a felony or misdemeanor? This question requires disclosure of all criminal matters, including: (i) all criminal motor vehicle offenses, including moving traffic violations, for example: speeding tickets, failure to yield, and failure to provide insurance (omit parking violations); (ii) any juvenile offense even if the record was sealed or expunged. Disclosure is required regardless of whether a charge is pending, was dropped, you entered a diversion program, prosecution was deferred, adjudication was deferred or withheld, and even if there was a judgment of acquittal. If yes, provide a complete explanation of the matter, including the initial charges and the ultimate resolution. If you are unsure about the nature or resolution of a particular charge, it is your responsibility to obtain the information before you respond. (If you are not sure about the nature or the ultimate disposition of a particular charge, it is your responsibility to check with the courts before you answer.)
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As a member of a professional organization, as a holder of any professional or work license, or as a holder of any office or professional position of trust, have you ever been the subject of an investigation, disciplined or had your right to practice your profession, work, or to hold office suspended or revoked, or is such a disciplinary action pending against you?
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Has a restraining order, anti-harassment order, no contact order, or the like (whether administrative, civil, or criminal in nature) ever been requested against you? This question includes a request/petition that may not have ultimately been granted.
