<p>Hey I am a 25 African American male applying to law school. I wanted to know how much academic probation/ disciplanary conduct during undergraduate affects entrance to law schools. In my case I was put on academic probation during my third semester and received some disciplinary violations throughout college (alcohol violations and one fight). The good points are that I have clearly matured. These violations were over 3 years ago, I ended up with a 3.5 in undergrad with a 3.7 major GPA. Currently attending NYU for a MA degree and my GPA is 3.97. I Work fulltime for a non profit orginization that diverts offenders with mental illnesses in the Bronx Courthouse. I never had a criminal arrest or any other conduct problems outside of undergraduate school. If my numbers are 172 LSAT and 3.1 LSAC GPA are my past problems going to significantly affect my chances. If anyone has any incite it would be appreciated.</p>
<p>With a 172 and being an URM you should be able to go anywhere. The fact that you had some disciplinary problems should in no way hurt you as long as these were not criminally charged. In fact even if they were, they were not crimes of moral turpitude and therefore ethically i personally would not see any need to address or disclose these offenses unless you were convicted and finally disposed in criminal court.</p>
<p>Make sure that your GPA is calculated correctly. [LSAC</a> - LSAC Policies](<a href=“http://www.lsac.org/policies/transcript-summarization.asp]LSAC”>http://www.lsac.org/policies/transcript-summarization.asp)</p>
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<p>You absolutely have to disclose the arrest and disciplinary record if the application requires you to disclose it. You need to distinguish between requests to identify arrests vs. requests to identify convictions. Some applications will also require you to disclose disciplinary actions, and they could show up on your college transcript. You can always submit an additional personal statement to explain the growth in maturity if you think it is warranted.</p>
<p>When completing your bar admission application(s) later, you will likewise be asked to provide records of arrests, convictions, etc. (At least when I was admitted, this even included traffic citations. They aren’t going to ask you to disclose traffic misdemeanors and overlook a conviction for fighting.) You may be asked to provide further details. My guess is that the old issues aren’t significant enough to cause a problem, especially in view of your current activities. The 3.1 GPA is could be the bigger problem.</p>
<p>Op will have to report the academic probation, disciplinary conduct on his applications. While the information may not be on his trancript, many schools will request a copy of the deans certification (which will state the probation and disciplinary record) either during the admissions process or prior to enrolling. Op will just have to man up, take ownership for his behavior and write an addendum addressing these issues.</p>
<p>It will also most likely come up in the C& F.</p>
<p>As far as the 3.1/172 is concerned you are a spilitter and splitter cycles are often hard to predict (it does nto matter who you are). The up side is African American Males are the most underrepresented in law school, so that will play out in your favor.HYS is definitely a crap shoot where the GPA could hurt you. You could have a solid chance from CNN down. Definitely apply priority track to Duke as you may end up getting some $. I would recommend asking your question on the URM forum at Top Law Schools. The best you can do is apply where you want (you will probably get some fee waivers) and let the process play itself out.</p>