Honor Code Violation

sybbie719
Sat, 11 May 2013 17:00:09 +0000

Tom,

I am sorry to hear about this. Keep in mind, that even if it is not on her record, she should still check with her dean as she may still have to report the incident and the outcome (when in doubt always disclose, because the problems come with the lack of disclosure). If her school has grade replacement, I would recommend that she retakes the course with another professor, so that the F is not calculated in her GPA. Also check with the school to find out if when they do grade replacement, if the F is totally removed from the transcript.



Several friends of friends ended up having to jump through many hoops and endure difficult questions during the character & fitness checks because of honor violations in college…especially if they failed to mention that in the questionnaires/law school applications.



Actually on the law school and the bar applications ask the following questions:



Have you ever been denied admission to any school, college, law school, or other similar institution for stated cause which might reflect upon your character?





Have you ever been placed on probation, dropped, suspended, expelled or otherwise been subjected to discipline by any institution of learning above elementary school level for conduct which might reflect upon your character?





Have you ever been requested or advised by any college, law school, or other professional or graduate school for any reason to discontinue your studies therein?



http://www.nybarexam.org/Admission/Part%20I-Application_9.21.2011.pdf

The application gives you space to answer the question. If they need any additional information the court will ask you.

I was just talking to my D last night as she is going through the bar process. One of her friends was on academic probation on term for failing a class (graduated from HYS and working big law). She said the judge called her and just asked what happened. She explained and the judge told her to write an explanation, send it to the court so that it can be placed in her file and she can be set up for an interview.

My D feels that she has gone through a little more aggravation because her name was misspelled on her original BC and I did not have it corrected until a few years later. She has to write on her application all other names she has been “known by” and had to list the misspelled name. The judge who is reviewing her file told her that she has to bring in an exemplified copy(which will document the changes) of the long form of her BC to the interview.

She lost the corrected copy of the long form of the the corrected BC a couple of years ago. Made a couple of calls to 311 and vital statistics to find out the process for getting what she needs. So guess who will be on line monday morning ordering another copy and paying the additional fees plus overnight mailing(not me).