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Will Bar Associations Review Facebook for Applicants' Fitness?

By Carolyn Elefant

Maybe it's just as well that most bar associations remain in the dark about Facebook and other social media. Via Above the Law, comes news from True/Slant that: The Florida Bar Examiners, the group that decides who gets to become a lawyer in Florida, is considering forcing some wannabe lawyers to be subjected to a thorough social networking investigation prior to their being knighted esquires. Florida bar examiners will look for evidence of substance abuse in applicants with a history of those problems, and will of course check to see if you would like to overthrow the government. In particular, the Florida Bar intends to single out the following applicants: ? Applicants who are required to establish rehabilitation under Rule 3-13 ?so as to ascertain whether they displayed any malice or ill feeling towards those who were compelled to bring about the proceeding leading to the need to establish rehabilitation;? ? Applicants with a history of substance abuse/dependence ?so as to ascertain whether they discussed or posted photographs of any recent substance abuse;? ? Applicants with ?significant candor concerns? including not telling the truth on employment applications or resumes; ? Applicants with a history of unlicensed practice of law (UPL)...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).