I was in an academic department at a public college once where we hired a very highly-regarded scholar whose contract was voided because she didn’t reveal that she’d been convicted of a heavy misdemeanor in the past (and not juvenile, either). Interestingly, if she’d revealed that in her application she could still have been hired (since her probation period was over, with no issues since then). Different state and all and therefore different rules, but I’m now wondering if she declared that on her application.
dfb, good question, but it looks like she would be ok even if she did not diose it. The BU Application for Employment requires disclosures of misdemeanors within the past 5 years: