Unlock the Bar Statement on CUNY’s Removal of Character and Fitness Questions from Its Application

(2.16.22)

Unlock the Bar "is a coalition of movement lawyers and law students advocating in New York for a just and equitable legal profession. Recognizing that the Bar admissions process was created to restrict legal power to white men, we formed during the global Uprisings for Black liberation to build a legal profession where Black, Brown, and system-impacted voices lead." Their report on the Character & Fitness process is included in the optional reading.

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