On the heels of the February Bar exam, Unlock the Bar, in conjunction with NYU, Columbia, and CUNY law schools, invites you to our February 27, 2021 teach-in about the Character and Fitness (C&F) and our fight to explore what championing liberatory principles can look like in the legal profession.
Unlock the Bar is a coalition of groups organizing to end discrimination against system-impacted people in law school and Bar admissions. We are currently seeking to remove the explicitly discriminatory questions on the New York State Bar Character and Fitness Application and law school applications, in pursuit of our northstar of eliminating of the character and fitness process altogether.
At the teach-in, we will explore the discriminatory origins of the C&F, explore how the current C&F violates legal statutes and liberatory values with an attorney from the Legal Aid Society's Worker Justice Project, and hear from folks who have been negatively impacted by the C&F. We will also discuss ways folks who are interested can get involved. We hope to see you there!
What: Unlock the Bar Character and Fitness Teach-In
When: February 27, 2021, 1-3pm EST
Where: Register here
If you have any questions, please contact Tolu Lawal (tlawal.tl@gmail.com) or Al Brooks at (ajb968@nyu.edu).
* this event is co-sponsored by the NYU-NLG