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trainstobrazil

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About Bar Exam C&F and Background Check

Post by trainstobrazil » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:52 pm

Hi all, rising 2L here. So basically what does bar exam background check and C&F investigate? Do I have to be able to prove everything..?

For example, I am a KJD so I only had summer internships and short-term summer jobs in college, and I doubt some of the phone numbers I had back then will still be active by now(and they are not located in U.S. as well). Do I have to list them as employment?

Also, I remember when I applied I wrote a diversity statement about my special childhood. I grew up in a different country and attended a sports academy(yeah one of those Asian olympic-machine schools) as my elementary school. Will the board ask me to prove that when I applied for the bar(i.e. NY state)? The damned academy was canceled and demolished a few years ago. Technically, I cannot prove the story to be true, since I have no official document anymore..:x

Thanks for the help!

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Re: About Bar Exam C&F and Background Check

Post by UnfrozenCaveman » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:01 pm

I don't remember ever having to list my elementary school.

I think you are supposed to list jobs for last 10 years. Just list the info you have for the jobs. That's all they ask.

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Re: About Bar Exam C&F and Background Check

Post by thegrayman » Tue Jun 07, 2016 10:56 am

Most of the questions surround recent history. You can download the application and read the actual questions, it's on the NY bar website, here:

https://www.nybarexam.org/Admission/Adm ... Packet.htm

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