Amending Bar Character and Fitness Questions to Promote Lawyer Well-Being

Authors David Jaffe and Janet Stearns will soon publish an article in The Professional Lawyer, the ABA Center for Professional’s Responsibility periodical on Ethics and Professionalism, detailing the process and progress among various states in modifying or eliminating questions that address an applicant’s substance use and mental health disorders on Character and Fitness portions of bar admission applications. Read the article here.