The Connecticut Bar Examining Committee has unanimously voted to change some of the questions it asks of new law license applicants regarding any mental health conditions they might have, making it less likely that law students will avoid being treated for substance abuse or depression out of fear it might ruin their careers.
Advocates for privacy rights, including former Supreme Court Justice David Borden and the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, had called for questions to be narrowed or removed altogether. Borden questioned the value of even asking law license applicants about their mental health, saying, “it’s impossible to predict future misconduct.”
