I am passionate about attorney admissions issues and helping law students make the transition from student to practicing lawyer. I hope there is truth in the adage “if you do something long enough you will become an expert.” I still learn more each day from my clients, my colleagues and my students. I have been Read More
CHARACTER AND FITNESS UPDATE 2012 Over the last year, I have observed some trends in the hearings at which I have participated in and from which I have information about the participants. The following is strictly my opinion of the process. MORE PROOFS REQUIRED The panels for Standing Committee hearings are trending toward greater participation Read More
ISSUE TRANSITION: FROM DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO STANDING COMMITTEE In the application process, Applicants who are called before the District Committee are informed ahead of time of the issues of greatest concern to the committee. They are provided in a notice from the State Bar of Michigan and are given to the Applicants at least ten Read More
If you are reading this before the results are released, you’re are too worried or just morbidly curious. The release of Michigan Bar Examination results is a time frought with joy and anguish. Not everyone gets the news they want. But before you start reading though your study materials again, you need to consider your Read More
The Michigan Board of Law Examiners promulgated, administers and grades the Michigan Bar Examination. It is offered twice a year. Each time it is administered, a company of legal professionals is enlisted to get you your grade. The Multistate Bar Examination The Multistate Bar questions are graded by the National Board of Law Examiners. That Read More
Your application for membership in the State Bar of Michigan is lengthy and requires considerable effort to complete. It could take months to gather all the necessary information before you are done. Consider this: If you have lived anywhere for more than two weeks, you must list it on your application. That includes dorm rooms, the Read More
The simple answer is for the fame and fortune associated with it. But since this area of law offers neither, I have to fall back to my real reason. A good part of my practice focuses on counseling legal professionals in transition. This includes teaching bar examination prep classes, tutoring students, counseling applicants delayed in their application process because of Read More
If you have failed the bar, don’t despair. OK, you can despair a little. But you need to do a couple of things: 1. Order Your Results: No matter how bad you did, get the results and get some feedback. 2. See if You Have Some Other Options: Maybe you can appeal. Maybe you’re held Read More
This post is NOT a replacement for the www.michbar.org directions and forms. No, this is more of a practical article on how to approach the State Bar of Michigan’s application. 1. First Look at the Forms. The application and supporting forms are lengthy and require massive detail. Everywhere you have lived, all of your previous Read More
Sometime between the time you apply for a license to practice law and your swearing-in day, there exists moments of anxiety. It might come in of the form of a letter from the State Bar of Michigan’s Character & Fitness department or your own knowledge that something happened in your recent or distant past for which you know Read More