N.Y. to Ban Mental Health Question on State Bar Application

By Keshia Clukey

February 26, 2020

N.Y. to Ban Mental Health Question on State Bar Application

2.26.2020

By Keshia Clukey

Bloomberg Law quoted President Greenberg on the removal of the mental health question from the bar exam application.

New York State’s court system will remove questions about mental health history from its bar application, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced Wednesday.

After debate and study, the court system plans to revise the application, DiFiore said in her 2020 State of Our Judiciary address.

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