Deferral Reactivation Form – Fall Entering Class

Each state establishes bar registration and admission standards, including standards for character and fitness. Applicants should consult the appropriate bar official to determine admission requirements. After a law student applies to take a bar examination, the respective bar examiners require the School of Law to provide an evaluation of the student’s character and fitness to practice law. Therefore, the School of Law performs an essential function in assessing a student’s character and fitness to practice law when it considers an applicant for admission and poses the questions below. If you answer any of the following questions affirmatively, you must provide a complete explanation, including essential information (e.g., a thorough description, the date, the charge and the disposition). Applicants must disclose dismissed charges but need not disclose charges when the charge has been expunged in accordance with applicable state law. Central to determining one’s character and fitness to practice law is the act of voluntary disclosure. If the school learns that your answer to any of these questions was not accurate, your acceptance may be revoked, and the details surrounding your misrepresentation may be reported to LSAC. If you are already enrolled, you may be subject to disciplinary action, including dismissal. You are under a continuing obligation to notify the School of Law of any changes in your answers to these questions.

Please review the information on our website at https://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/student_life/impdocs.cfm relating to the Honor Code and Standards of Personal Conduct. Your signature or electronic transmission of this document certifies that you have read the Regent University Community Life Form, and that you understand you will receive an education in accordance with the Philosophy of Education, and that you will submit yourself to the Standard of Personal Conduct and the University Honor Code, as well as the provisions contained in the School of Law Honor Code and Policies and Procedures Manual.

The American Bar Association (ABA) requires Regent University School of Law to hold the student’s official transcript showing the conferred bachelor’s degree, and transcripts from all academic work undertaken, including undergraduate, graduate, professional school or law school coursework. “Official transcript” means a transcript certified by the issuing school to the admitting school or delivered to the admitting school in a sealed envelope with seal intact. A copy supplied by the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS) is not an official transcript, even though it is adequate for preliminary determination of admission. The CAS report may not necessarily include postgraduate transcripts, which are also required by Regent University School of Law.