So I’m supposed to remember if I’ve been “ticketed, given a summons or written warning, arrested, or taken into custody and questioned or accused formally or informally of the violation of any traffic law, excluding parking violations and charges [already] disclosed”? And if I say yes, I must “must submit with the paper portion of your application copies of the arresting officer’s report, the order of disposition, and documentation substantiating your compliance with any sentence or condition imposed”?
Get. Freaking. Real.
Again: Lawyers are idiots. Absolute idiots. Aaaaargggh!
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3 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Ah, yes. Our local bar association has a fantastic bar review course. Our presentation about the course to local law students includes useful information about the bar application process. I always tell my story of having to drive out to BFE, Indiana in the middle of a class day (on the phone to my professor, explaining why I might be outrageously late to class) after being promised a fax copy of a > 10 year old speeding ticket, to be later told such information could not be faxed or mailed. My “lesson” for the students is to NOT put the cumbersome and ridiculous bar application process off until the last minute. It takes time, powers of memory beyond human ability, and digging through old records. (At least it certainly does for those of us who had a life between college and law school).
Cripes, which state is putting you thru this wringer?
A primary source account of a first year law student:
Cole’S Law Blog: Two lawyers walk into a bar and other treaded-over observations:
coleslawblog.wordpress.com