Disgraced ex-journalist Stephen Glass loses bid to be California lawyer

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Source: San Jose Mercury News

Disgraced ex-journalist Stephen Glass' dream of becoming a California lawyer has been shattered, at least for the foreseeable future.

The California Supreme Court on Monday rejected Glass' bid to secure a State Bar license, concluding he has not overcome the stain of his infamous past as a journalist who fabricated stories for prominent publications in the late 1990s.

Glass has been pursuing a law license for years, arguing that he deserves a second chance in a new profession after his much-publicized fall for concocting bogus accounts for magazines such as the New Republic and Rolling Stone. Glass' journalistic exploits led to a book and a movie, "Shattered Glass."

The Supreme Court sided with the State Bar, which opposed his fitness to be a lawyer in California by arguing that he does not meet the "moral character" standards required of lawyers. The state's highest court in the process rejected the findings of two State Bar court decisions that sided with Glass' right to a license.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25002185/disgraced-ex-journalist-loses-bid-be-california-lawyer

[Archae]

1. Isn't this the same BAR that...

Lets Orly Taitz pretend to be a lawyer?

[MADem]

2. It is probably the right call.

Maybe he should write fiction under an assumed name....

[geek tragedy]

3. Glass, bar, some kind of pun seems appropriate. nt

[Scuba]

4. His reputation for honesty is so bad he'll have to take a job on Wall Street.

[PeoViejo]

5. Is your Glass half-full of Bull?

Half-empty, or overflowing?

[Leontius]

6. And yet someone without the legal right to be in the US is granted a license to practice in CA.