New York Bar admission application Forum

[anshulkalra]

Dear All

Apologies if these questions are repeated here.

By way of background, I am a foreign applicant (UK educated) and a retaker. For some it may seem too early but I am currently in the process of filing out my bar admission application along with law related employment form and pro bono form. I would highly appreciate if you guys could shed some light on few questions that I have.

In the bar admission application form, I am supposed to declare whether or not I have any civil cases or criminal cases. I am not sure if I have any civil case filed for outstanding debt in the UK. There was a debt collection agency attempting to contact me to claim the outstanding money. I am not so sure whether they proceeded with filing the case. I am currently trying to find out if there is a judgment against me. Therefore my question is two fold:
a) Should I declare in the application form that I may have a case against me in UK? or should I find out first and then declare the information?
b) Should I declare about my case even if I have settled it or have paid the judgment amount?

I do not currently live in the UK. I am in the process of contacting a solicitor firm to assist me.