Re: ommitted convictions on my law school application?

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Jane,
You need to go to your law school office immediately and tell
them you made an error. It is always better for you if you
are the one to air it out -- than for them to find out and
then call you on the carpet.

You must get right with the administration and beg for
forgiveness for your oversight. And suffer whatever
punishment the school metes out.

If you don't take care of this now, it's gonna hang over your
head, and probably keep you distracted & affect your school
performance, which is why you must deal with it now.

On 3/30/04, Jane Doe wrote:
> When applying to law
> school, I failed to disclose both a prior misdemeanor
> conviction and the fact that I was currently being charged
> with misdemeanors (both were required to be disclosed on
> the application). Now that I'm in law school, I can't
> figure out what to do. On the one hand, if I don't tell
> the administration, and the state bar finds out (which they
> surely will when they review my criminal record and check
> it against my law school application), It will reflect
> poorly with the committee that I continued to mislead the
> school. On the other hand, if I tell the school, I'm
> afraid I will be expelled and won't ever be able to
> practice.

Re: ommitted convictions on my law school application? , 4/05/04, by Justice.

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