Character & Fitness Statistics
2025 Character & Fitness Stats
- Number of applications: 803
- Number of overall applicant files flagged for Character and Fitness Issues: 302
- Number of Letters of Explanation Requested and Received: 51
- Issues related to Letters of Explanation: Unlawful conduct; academic misconduct; neglect of financial responsibilities or professional obligations; disciplinary action by a lawyer disciplinary agency or other professional disciplinary entity; omissions on bar applications in any state.
- Number of Affidavits Requested and Received: 0
- Issues related to Affidavits: N/A
- Number of Interviews Conducted: 40
- Issues related to Interviews: Unlawful conduct; academic misconduct; misconduct in employment; acts involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation; abuse of legal process; neglect of financial responsibilities; conduct that evidences current mental or emotional instability or drug or alcohol dependence or abuse that may impair the ability to practice law; disciplinary action by a lawyer disciplinary agency; making of false statements, including omissions, on bar applications in any state.
- Number of Hearings Conducted: 4
- Issues related to Hearings: Unlawful conduct; academic misconduct; misconduct in employment; acts involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; acts which demonstrate a disregard for the rights or welfare of others; neglect of financial responsibilities or professional obligations; violation of an order of a court; conduct that evidence current mental or emotional instability that may impair the ability to practice law; conduct that evidences current drug or alcohol dependence or abuse that may impair the ability to practice law; denial of admission to the bar in another jurisdiction on character and fitness grounds; suspension of a lawyer’s license by any entity; making of false statements, including omissions, on bar applications in any state; and other conduct reviewed by the Board for just and good cause.
- Number of Conditional Admissions Recommended: 8
- Number of Conditional Admissions Granted: 8
- Issues related to Conditional Admissions: Unlawful conduct; misconduct in employment; acts involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; neglect of financial responsibilities or professional obligations; violation of an order of a court; conduct that evidence current mental or emotional instability that may impair the ability to practice law; conduct that evidences current drug or alcohol dependence or abuse that may impair the ability to practice law; suspension of a lawyer’s license by any entity; and other conduct reviewed by the Board for just and good cause.
- Number of Petitions to Revoke Limited License or Conditional Admission Filed: 2
- Number of Limited Licenses or Conditional Admissions Revoked: 2
- Number of Board Recommendations of Denial of License to Practice: 1
- Number of Denials Appealed: 1