Bar applicant wins ADA suit; judge rules broad mental health questions discriminate against disabled

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A federal judge ruled recently that broad questions to bar applicants about treatment for mental health problems violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. Julie Ann Clark brought the case after refusing to answer questions 20(b) and 21 on her application to the Virginia State Bar. Judge James C. Cacheris ruled that while some such questions may be appropriate, the examiners did not show how its broad interrogation served the public. Many state bars have narrower mental-health questions, or none at all.

Psychological aspects, United States, Cases, Attorneys, Lawyers, Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination, Mental health law, Bar examinations, states

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Lunch not unethical; judge rules on Sentelle complaints

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US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Chief Judge Harry Edwards has ruled that his colleague David Sentelle's lunch with Republican senators Lauch Faircloth and Jesse Helms while he was choosing a Whitewater special prosecutor did not constitute a breach of judicial ethics. Edwards wrote that nothing in the Independent Counsel Act bars judges from seeking advice about appointments and that there was a constitutional distinction between judicial appointment powers and judges presiding over trials.

Evaluation, Judicial ethics, Ethical aspects, Sentelle, David

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