The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Florida Supreme Court over the state Board of Bar Examiners’ policy of evaluating applicants for mental health diagnosis or treatment, the Daily Business Review has learned.
The investigation was opened last December by the Justice Department’s civil rights division as an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The division wrote Chief Justice Jorge Labarga notifying him of the investigation.
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