Situation: Fall 2007, working overseas (civilian working with military), got a DUI on SBA territory in Cyprus. SBA falls under the British Ministry of Defence. Long story short, my company recommended I just leave (no extradition, very weird jurisdiction issues, and previous employees had left w/out resolving similar situations). I stuck around, pled guilty, paid a fine, suspended jail sentence. It does not appear on anything about me stateside, nor with Great Britain, even. Just the SBA.
However, on some bad advice (not from here) I did not initially disclose this. Despite the fact that school/Bar has no way of knowing (top secret clearance investigator admitted as much to me, and no way Bar spends $75k to screen each person like the gov does), I have decided to submit an addendum to all my schools explaining the situation and why I did not initially disclose. It just felt wrong. None of my apps are past complete as of Friday.
I am not worried about consequences that stem from my DUI because I did it and will pay whatever consequences come about. I am afraid, however, of the consequences of not initially disclosing on the application. Will this hurt me enough that I should apply to some even safer schools?
Thanks for any help and please stay on topic
