6.1.01 Capital University and the Law School expect
of its students loyal cooperation in the development and maintenance
of the high standards of ethics and conduct, as well as those of scholarship.
6.1.02 Ethical obligations of law students begin when
the application for admissions is submitted. Students are asked several
questions that may be relevant to ethical character, including:
A. Have you ever been apprehended, arrested, cited, or given a ticket
for, charged with, or convicted of any crime or offense, including civil
or criminal contempt? Answer this question irrespective of whether the
incident was a felony or misdemeanor. You need not disclose minor traffic
offenses that were not connected with the use, abuse or possession of
alcohol, drugs, or other chemicals, or incidents that, in fact, have
been officially expunged. Have you ever been court-martialed or charged
with fraud? If you answered yes, please provide a written explanation
even if the arrest, charge, apprehension, citation, ticket, or conviction
was later dismissed, withdrawn, reduced, dropped, or diverted. You need
not disclose incidents that occurred prior to the age of 18.
B. Have you ever been suspended, expelled, discharged, or asked to
resign from any school, employment, professional organization, or public
office?
C. Have you ever been in bankruptcy, had a license denied, suspended,
or revoked, had a bond canceled, or been declared incompetent by any
court?
Applicants for admission are required to answer these questions truthfully
and fully. Applicants and law students have a continuing duty to inform
the law school of any and all changes to the answers to these questions.
The failure of a student to make such a disclosure may result in revocation
of admission or disciplinary action by the Law School, or denial of
permission to practice law by the state in which the student may seek
admission.
6.1.03 Because of the ethical obligations imposed
on students, the Law School reserves the power to compel the withdrawal
of any student whose conduct at any time is not deemed to be satisfactory.
Entrance by the student is deemed to be acknowledgment of this power.
6.1.04 These expectations are implemented in part
by the Honor Code of Capital University Law School. All students are
expected to know the Honor Code and are bound by it.
6.1.05 However, the Honor Code does not exhaust the
Law School's expectations and requirements as to ethical conduct of
its students. Students are expected to know the Code of Professional
Responsibility, and infringement of this Code may subject students to
administrative discipline apart from Honor Code proceedings.
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