The Road To Bar Admission In Louisiana

The Louisiana Supreme Court has admitted an applicant who initially had been denied certification for the following non-disclosures

the Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) advised petitioner that it was unable to certify him for admission to the bar on character and fitness grounds relating to his failure to disclose the following information on his law school application: (1) a speeding ticket; (2) a seatbelt citation; (3) an open container citation; and (4) his arrest for driving with a suspended driver’s license.

After a remand, the committee recommended that the applicant be admitted.

The court agreed. 

The same path to admission for this candidate

the Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) advised petitioner that it was unable to certify him for admission to the bar on character and fitness grounds relating to his failure to disclose the following information on his law school application: (1) a citation for possessing alcohol as a minor, and (2) a citation for reckless operation of a motor vehicle, hit and run, no driver’s license on person, expired driver’s license, and license plate required. 

The court also granted conditional admission to two applicants.

These Louisiana admissions cases would be much more instructive to applicants if the court explained its reasoning in greater (or indeed any) depth. (Mike Frisch)