No room at the bar

No room at the bar No room at the bar On the off chance that continuance were the proportion of ones wellness to provide legal counsel, at that point Robert Bowman would appear to be a strong possibility for the bar. As The New York Times relates, all Bowman at any point needed to be was a legal counselor, and it appears hes spent a decent piece of his life attempting to do simply thatovercoming a troublesome adolescence, ten years of school, four years of graduate school, two weakening mishaps and three fruitless endeavors to pass the New York State law student review. Having at long last passed on his fourth attempt, Bowman was met and prescribed for admission to the bar by the Committee on Character and Fitnessonly to be considered unfit by a board of re-appraising appointed authorities dependent on the size of his understudy advance debt.To be reasonable, the adjudicators choice did not depend exclusively on the degree of Bowmans obligation (some $430,000, including punishments), yet additionally on the way that, in the course of the most recent two decades, hes not made a solitary installment to decrease it.Nevertheless, as Elie Mystal sees in an ATL post: Bowman has piled on the entirety of this unpaid liability so as to turn into a lawyer; how can he get any opportunity of taking care of the cash on the off chance that he isn't permitted to turn into a lawyer? Clearly that is not the courts concern.One may scrutinize the judgment of somebody whos so resolved to turn into a legal advisor that he endures the law oriented scrutinization multiple times and piles on countless dollars of obligation, however is that actually a reasonable, or steady, approach to gauge a people character and general wellness essential for a lawyer and instructor at-law? All things considered, as the Times notes, New Yorks courts have neglected unfortunate behavior like legal advisors sales of minors for sex, endeavors to hoodwink judges and ownership of cocaine. Those occasions have driven only to transitory suspensi ons from practice.Why not give Bowman a similar shot to be a terrible legal advisor?- posted by vera