Re: Non-Disclosure on law school application

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This is an online chat forum, not a legal doc. People make
typinng errors, lighten up

On 1/06/07, Kathy Brown, Esq. wrote:
> On 1/03/07, B wrote:
>> Learn how to spell "advice".
>>
>>
>> On 12/31/06, cf wrote:
>>> I have graduated from law school and have passed all the
>>> bar exams and MPRE. On my law school application, I didn't
>>> disclose a pending DUI. I am having problems with the law
>>> school. They are threating to revoke my degree. Any advise?
>
>
> When you say 'a pending dui', had you been charged? Ticketed?
> Was there a failure to appear? Your Law School has to have an
> appeals/hearings procedure available. I would advise you to
> retain counsel (somebody who has handled discipline cases
before
> the Board of Law Examiners or the Supreme Court of your state)
to
> represent you in this matter. But the bottom line: follow the
> advice of your counsel, and it will probably include an
> admission of fault from you. However: do not go 'naked' to
any
> such hearing; that would send the wrong signal to your law
> school. Good luck to you!