
What to Disclose to the Character and Fitness Committee
The short answer – ALL THE THINGS! A new crop of rising 3L’s will soon begin filling out bar applications. Some of you will have some minor indiscretions in your past. And you’ll be wondering – like I did – whether you should disclose it to your state bar’s character and fitness committee, because after all, it wasn’t that big a deal, and it’s highly unlikely they discover it anyway. But that’s the wrong mindset. What should you disclose to the character and fitness committee? If your misdeed is minor, the character and fitness committee will not likely be dissuaded...