Date: December 17th, 2014 2:39 PM
Author: aromatic station boistinker
Hi all,
I've had a rough few weeks.
I was very recently fired from my part-time law clerk position.
I am mildly surprised that happened. I knew they were disappointed in some of my projects, but I did not expect that they'd act so quickly as to get rid of me. To my knowledge, there were no concerns about character or fitness issues--they generally liked me as a person.
I will obviously disclose that to the bar.
But during this position, there were also a few weeks where I was just flooded with projects with short deadlines. So I worked on them without really keeping track of how many hours I worked during the week. So during these weeks, I suspect I went over the 20 hour limit set by the ABA.
So I'm now freaking out that these combined factors will exclude me from bar admission.
For full disclosure purposes, I have never been in trouble with the law, aside from a minor ticket. I have never been in trouble with any academic institution. My professional career thus far has been strong, except for the earlier cited transgression. And I should be receiving great references from other attorneys I've worked under, and good personal references too.
I'm just insanely worried because my Character and Fitness application will not be spotless. I know that lawyers are held to really high ethical standards. And I've read some old topics on TLS, and that just heightened my anxiety because some posters were discussing how even one ethical issue will preclude your admission.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2759130&forum_id=2#26949726)