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Moral Character: Making Sense of the Experiences of Bar Applicants with Criminal Records
Manitoba Law Journal
Accordingly, this paper seeks to expand the framework of re-entry and desistance to discuss admission barriers to an elite, selective profession — the legal profession. It seeks to understand, and systematize, the experiences of people with criminal records who apply for admission to the Bar; how they make sense of their past and their present; how they experience the moral character determination process; and how their histories and the moral character process shapes their professional paths and aspirations.
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Do They Really Ask That? A National Survey of Criminal History Inquiries on Law School Applications
Stanford Law & Policy Review
This Article reviews criminal history inquiries at all ABA approved law schools to develop a deeper understanding of how such inquiries limit diversity in law schools and the profession overall, and advocates for schools to take a deeper look at how the criminal history inquiry functions in their application processes.
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California System Involved Bar Association: A Bar Association for Formerly Incarcerated and System-Involved Lawyers
California System Involved Bar Association
CSIBA’s mission is to diversify California’s legal profession by increasing access to legal education and State Bar of California licensure for people with prior criminal justice system involvement. They offer support and practical resources for people with system involvement pursuing legal licensure in California.
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Yale Law School’s Access to Law Program: Free Resources for Law School Applicants
Yale Law School, Law and Racial Justice Center
Yale Law School’s Access to Law Program seeks to break down barriers that keep first-generation, low-income, justice-impacted, and/or underrepresented students everywhere from applying to law school, succeeding in their legal studies, and pursuing their career. The law school application process can act as a particularly daunting and opaque obstacle. Application process resources are provided based on each step of the law school application process.
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A Short Guide for Law Students About the Character and Fitness Process for NY State Courts
New York State Unified Court System
APPLYING FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHILE STILL IN LAW SCHOOL
Important tips from the New York State Unified Court System designed to help bar applicants navigate the admission process as efficiently as possible and avoid delays that may be incurred because of a failure to timely obtain and provide required and accurate information. This information is generally applicable in all four Departments of the Appellate Division.
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Clearing a Path from Prison to the Bar Exam
The Solutions Journalism Exchange
Article from the Solutions Journalism Exchange featuring organizations that support formerly incarcerated individuals seeking to attend law school.
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Character and Fitness Navigator
Unlock the Bar and NJIBA
This interactive app is designed to educate and empower people who are thinking about applying to law school, are in law school, or are applying for Bar admission. To become a lawyer in the US, you need to go through a "Character and Fitness" review process run by your state's Bar authority. The questions you'll be asked during that process will vary based on your state and your personal history.
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Justice-Impacted Individuals in the Pipeline: A National Exploration of Law School Policies and Practices
Law School Admission Council
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC), in collaboration with the National Justice Impact Bar Association (NJIBA), developed and administered the 2020 Justice Impact Law School Survey to explore policies and procedures that specifically affect law schools' justice-impacted candidates, applicants, and students. The survey is the first step in understanding how law schools across the United States are recruiting, admitting, and supporting justice- impacted individuals.
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Criminal History and Application – Continuing the Conversation
Law School Admission Council’s YouTube channel @LawSchoolAdmissionCouncil