The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Monday to discourage attorney-licensing authorities from investigating would-be lawyers’ mental health backgrounds during their character-and-fitness reviews.
The resolution, approved on a voice vote, urges elimination of questions about candidates’ mental health histories, diagnoses and treatments in favor of scrutiny of conduct that could impair their ability to practice.
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