Failing Character and Fitness Due to Law School Debt

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With law school costs climbing ever higher, current law school graduates face student debt loads that routinely top six figures. For a growing number of bar applicants in various states, the magnitude or management of this student debt is becoming a problem for purposes of the character and fitness examination required for bar admission. In extreme cases, massive student debt has alone been a reason for failing character and fitness. This Note proposes a change to the Arizona Supreme Court Rules to render student loan debt information presumptively irrelevant to a bar applicant's character and fitness.

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56 Ariz. L. Rev. 589 (2014)

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Andrew Hall (University of Arizona)

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