The Ohio bar may drop the question about mental health status from its character and fitness application, in part due to a law student petitioning the state Supreme Court to do so.

Claire Halffield, who graduated from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in May, wrote to the state high court in 2020 asking that the question be removed, according to a LinkedIn post.

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