Please…I don’t want to hear about morals or opinions, I want to hear about facts and reality. If you have a transcript with grades that appear absolutly no where else in your academic record, is lsac in the business of investigating this stuff. Has anyone ever done this, heard of anyone doing it, or seen anyone bit in the azz by doing it.
Yes I know, the bar is god, they see all hear all and they magically WILL find out, but focus on the question. LSAC and School only…
There is an academic clearinghouse that keeps records. I would imagine it’s easy to run a check and see.
Willing to gamble?
They don’t work the way people think they do. They verify degrees. They are not the holy grail of records for every class you took.
And kind of yes, because the option would be acceptance vs rejection, and my school is 100% free, so it seems like a gamble worth taking.
But you’re not worried about passing the bar?
JAG will disapprove.
seems like a ticket to a whole lotta pain.
If you don’t want to hear about morals, which you should, you need to at least consider the risk/reward of doing something like this.
Worst case scenario (which is not at all unlikely) is that you’re found out and subsequently barred from practicing law. On the flipside, what do you have to gain? I have a hard time believing any GPA difference is worth that risk.
I don’t want to get on a soapbox, but the world doesn’t need more unethical lawyers.
They don’t just verify degrees, they verify enrollment at schools. If you were enrolled, there will be a record of it somewhere.
A friend of mine left out a transcript and got away with it. He was questioned about it at the bar and easily explained it away saying he forgot.
Then again, the one he left out had 12 hours of A’s and 3 hours of B’s so it was easier to accept it simply slipped his mind. If it was all F’s he might have had a bigger problem.
Do you know how the bar found out?
Thanks for paying attention to the question that was posted.
According to your post history you’re looking at T4 schools. I really don’t think Washburn is gonna care that you got some community college Fs, just include the transcript.
Since he said these transcripts would be the difference between acceptance and rejection, I’d like to amend this statement for the OP: Looks like law school isn’t for you.
Even if law school’s completely free for you, why would you waste 3 years of your life in law school only to risk not passing the bar?
Does free include a stipend to live off of? Otherwise you’re looking at $20k/year for three years in living costs. If it’s not included, you’d still be $60k in debt or $60k poorer when you fail C&F when applying for the bar.
yes it does, and it also includes loan repayment.
This! And that’s pretty much how litigation works, which is why there are so many unethical lawyers. If an attorney lies, the court will consider whether it is (a) an “intentional” misrepresentation and (b) whether it is a “prejudicial” misrepresentation. If not, no harm, no foul. The same goes for court errors. If they are not prejudicial, it’s no harm, no foul. The caveat is whether or not one can prove “intent”. That, in and of itself, may have repercussions depending on the setting and circumstances.
As the poster above said, hidden “F’s” that would have lowered your GPA and theoretically could have changed your admission decision would be deemed “prejudicial” against the other applicants who were rejected or got less money than you did as a result of your misrepresentation.
That’s great. But that also wasn’t the question.
There was one I didn’t include from a school I didn’t even take a class at/get any grades at - just registered then withdrew, one class, didn’t matriculate there, etc, so I left it off thinking I didn’t need it - I believe it was LSAC that said my file wouldn’t be complete until I got it. Apparently they find out somehow
you’re a real asshole