Application
Amendments
Any student who has not honestly and completely answered all four of the Character and Fitness Questions listed in the UH Law
Center application for admission must make an amendment to his application immediately.
Both the UH Law Center and any state bar association to which you apply will
consider any substantial discrepancy between your application and the facts
as grounds for adverse action, including revocation of admission to or expulsion
from, the UH Law Center or denial of admission to the bar. Good moral character
is a key aspect of being a worthwhile lawyer. Providing truthful and complete
answers to these questions is your chance to exhibit that character. Students
also have a continuing obligation to update their responses for as long as they
are a student at the UH Law Center.
If you determine that an amendment is neccessary, you must contact Dean Jamie
Hammers at 713-743-2280 or jhammers@central.uh.edu immediately and provide a written amendment including which question(s) you
are amending, the incident(s), when and where the incident(s) occurred, the
disposition, an explanation of why the incident was not disclosed initially,
and you must provide a copy of the official documents showing the disposition.
If you amend your application after admission to the UH Law Center, the Admissions
Disclosure Subcommittee will then review the amendment to determine whether
a hearing is necessary. At the hearing, the ADS will review the documents and
the student’s testimony to determine whether to assign a sanction. In deciding
whether to sanction a student because of matters not disclosed in the application
and, if so, to what extent, the ADS will endeavour to treat comparably situated
students similarly. In doing so, it will consider the following as aggravating
and mitigating factors:
Factors Considered
Aggravating
- Student omitted matter(s)
knowing disclosure was required.
- Student omitted matter(s)
due to construction of question(s) that was not reasonable.
- Omitted matter(s) were
serious.
- Multiple matters were
omitted.
- Omitted matter(s) occurred
in recent past.
- Student apparently fails
to sincerely accept responsibility for omitting matter(s) (nos. 6, 7.a, and
7.b only).
- Student apparently lacks
sincere remorse for omitting matter(s) (nos. 6, 7 .a, and 7.b only).
- Apparent present impact
of omitted condition on applicant's fitness to handle the demands of law school
(no. 8 only).
Factors Considered
Mitigating
- Student omitted matter
inadvertently.
- Omitted matter(s) were
minor in nature.
- Only a single matter was
omitted.
- Omitted matter occurred
in distant past.
- Student apparently sincerely
accepts responsibility for omitting matter (nos. 6, 7.a, and 7.b only).
- Student apparently is
sincerely remorseful for omitting matter (nos. 6, 7.a, and 7.b only).
- Apparent lack of present
impact of omitted condition on applicant's fitness to handle the demands of
law school (no. 8 only).
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