Labor & Employment Law

Lawyers and Law Students Beware. Lying On Employment Application May Be Cause For Discipline

Lawyers and Law Students Beware. Lying On Employment Application May Be Cause For Discipline
Source: Adjunct Law Prof Blog; http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/

Reproduced with permission. Copyright © 2008, Mitchell H. Rubinstein, Esq., Adjunct Professor of Law, St. Johns Law School and New York Law School, All rights reserved.

The state of Illinois has brought a complaint against an attorney for several different alleged disciplinary violations.

First, on her law school application the attorney left out that she was dismissed from medical school for poor scholarship and she answered her law school application by saying she was never subject to discipline from any university.

Second, while seeking summer employment-repeat summer employment- at a major firm, the attorney misrepresented her student record by inflating several grades. Apparently, this student was later hired.

This should serve as a reminder to attorneys and law students that what you do matters. We have a duty of honesty and if we lie, that could have consequences.

Mitchell H. Rubinstein

Hat Tip: Legal Profession Blog

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).