When I was an undergrad at a top school (think top Ivy League/Stanford/MIT/Caltech/top liberal arts colleges), I receive an academic dishonesty reprimand. It did not appear on my transcript and is not considered part of my permanent record. I had very high grades, scored very well on the LSAT, and had very strong extracurriculars. (I won't go into details about the incident for privacy/identity reasons, but suffice to say it was far from black and white and I was far from the only student implicated.) Were it not for this incident, I would have been very competitive for HYSCCN.
I've since taken a few years off from school and am now in the process of applying to law schools this year. I understand that I need to disclose this incident, both on my law school applications (which I have now done) and, ultimately, when I sit for the bar exam. My hope is that I will still gain admission to a T14 school (I no longer have my heart set on HYS). But I'm very concerned about what happens afterward - will this incident bar me from future job prospects with big name firms, federal agencies, city DAs offices, small organizations, etc.? Will all my future employers be privy to this knowledge by virtue of my bar application-related disclosures? Or, assuming I pass the C&F portion of the bar, will all details included in that application be considered confidential and not impede my future job prospects?
(I apologize if all of this comes across very ambiguously. I've avoided including any further detail for fear of giving away identifying details.)
What to expect? Forum
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zot1
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Re: What to expect?
You won't have to discuss to employers unless they ask you for it. If you make it through the bar, this info won't be listed anywhere. There's a slight possibility that people might learn this about you through word of my mouth (the legal profession is surprisingly small), but the bar people should not be disclosing this info.
