South Carolina Supreme Court takes 'unusual step' in issuing warning to bar applicants after influx
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTW) — The South Carolina Supreme Court took a self-proclaimed “unusual step” Wednesday in publishing an opinion warning law students and bar applicants about leaving criminal backgrounds off their applications to practice in the state.
The move comes after the South Carolina Supreme Court’s Office of Bar Admissions has seen an influx in prospective lawyers omitting criminal charges or traffic violations on their applications, according to the ruling. The warning was issued in a public opinion by the court, setting it as a precedent.
The case comes from an unnamed applicant, which the court hopes to use as an example, denying his license to practice law until November — one year from when the South Carolina Committee on Character and Fitness recommended that he “possesses the requisite character and fitness to practice law.”
The state supreme court agreed with the decision but was “troubled by the Applicant’s lack of candor in his law school application and his subsequent misrepresentations on social media.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-carolina-supreme-court-takes-unusual-step-in-issuing-warning-to-bar-applicants-after-influx-of-students-omitting-criminal-information/ar-AAZ0j5i
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