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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 10, 2019

State Bar to create standards for moral character review

A State Bar working group will establish uniform moral character standards to provide greater consistency and transparency in the review process.

In addition to passing the bar exam, every attorney in California must be "of good moral character" to be licensed. But there aren't clear, public guidelines on what moral character means.

Now the State Bar is looking to change that. A working group will establish uniform standards to provide greater consistency and transparency in the review process.

"We believe that this effort will contribute gr...

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