IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-296424 (2023)

Admission granted. See per curiam.

SJC

JLW

JDH

WJC

JBM

PDG

Supreme Court of Louisiana January 18, 2023

01/18/23

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2022-BA-0726

IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-296424

BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING

PER CURIAM

Petitioner applied to take the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on Bar Admissions advised petitioner that it could not certify her to take the bar exam on character and fitness grounds. Petitioner then applied to this court for permission to take the bar exam. We granted the application, with the condition that upon petitioner's successful completion of the exam, she apply for the appointment of a commissioner to take character and fitness evidence.

Upon passing the bar exam, petitioner applied to this court for the appointment of a commissioner. We remanded this matter to the Committee on Bar Admissions Panel on Character and Fitness to conduct an investigation and appointed a commissioner to take character and fitness evidence. The primary issue raised during the proceeding was petitioner's violation of her law school's Honor Code by collaborating with another law student on two final exams.

Following a hearing, the commissioner filed his report with this court, recommending that petitioner be admitted to the practice of law. Neither party objected to this recommendation.

Considering the commissioner's recommendation and the entire record of this proceeding, we conclude petitioner is eligible to be admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana.

ADMISSION GRANTED.

Genovese, J., dissents. For the Court