Disclosure Information

Candor and truthfulness are the hallmarks of the legal profession. State Bar officials will review your law school application before granting you a license to practice law. In most cases your complete candor in answering law school application questions says more about your character and fitness to become a member of the Law Center student body and the Bar than anything you disclose - please be complete.

The disclosure obligation is a continuing one. Every applicant must report to the Law Center any such events that occur after filing his/her application. The Admissions Committee and Law Center administration will consider new information submitted and, in appropriate circumstances, may change the status of an applicant or student.

Misrepresentation or omission may result in disciplinary action taken by NSU Law Center. Disciplinary action taken by the NSU Law Center may include revocation of matriculation, suspension, expulsion, or revocation of the degree and additional steps necessary to protect the integrity of its programs. Such action will become part of the student record and be provided to the appropriate state bar authority upon request. Admission to a state bar as a licensed attorney may be delayed or precluded by making misstatement in the admissions process.

Several examples of Post-Matriculation Disciplinary Actions may be viewed below:

POST-MATRICULATION DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

"John": John indicated on his application to NSU that he had received a B.S. from his undergraduate institution. John matriculated at NSU, with the understanding that he needed to furnish a final degree-granting transcript shortly after beginning classes. When the admissions office had not received a transcript indicating he had received a degree, John met with the Director of Admissions and falsely represented that he had completed work for his final credits at the end of July by submitting a paper. He knew he had not submitted the paper, yet claimed he had no idea why his transcript did not reflect a grade for his last course. When his lies came to light, the Admissions Committee met and voted to withdraw him from the entering class of Fall 2002. However, it granted him a one year deferment of admission to the law school.

"Mary": Mary attended an Ivy League university, and while there was suspended for one year by the school's Administrative Board for plagiarism. His transcript from the university reflected only that he had withdrawn for a year. On his application to NSU he responded "no" when asked if he had "ever been suspended or required to withdraw from any college or university." After matriculating at NSU and hearing the presentation by the Florida Bar Examiners at orientation, he asked to amend his application to reflect his suspension for plagiarism. In his request to amend, he stated: "I know that by omitting this information from my application I deceived the law school. . . . I believed that if I answered this question in the affirmative, I would not be accepted." The Admissions Committee met and voted to withdraw him from the entering class of Fall 2002. However, it granted him a one year deferment of admission to the law school.