Applicants to The University of Akron School of Law are asked to check "Yes" or "No" to the following five questions:

1. Have you ever been arrested (even if the arrest record was expunged)?
2. Have you ever been charged with and/or convicted of any criminal offense, including minor traffic violations and any matters that have been expunged?
3. Have you ever had any license denied, suspended, or revoked?
4. Have you ever been on probation, suspended, dismissed, or been the subject of disciplinary action by any school for any reason other than grade deficiency?
5. Have you ever been discharged or asked to resign from employment?

If an applicant checks “Yes” to any of the above questions, they are asked to provide, along with their application form, SPECIFIC information that includes the following:

• Date of incident and your age at the time of the incident
• Parties involved
• Description of incident
  Result (expunged, dismissed, probation, arrest, incarceration, etc.)
• Degree of misdemeanor or felony and code section (Ohio Revised Code or other state or city code involved)
• Photocopy of official court documentation, if applicable and available
• Information related to post-sentence events (pardon, etc.)

Vague statements are NOT acceptable. Failure by an applicant to fully disclose according to the above guidelines may result in dismissal from the School of Law.

Further, applicants are required to sign the following certification statement on the application:

I certify that to the best of my knowledge the information herein is true. I understand that any misrepresentation of facts on this application could be cause for refusal of admission, cancellation of admission, or suspension or dismissal from the University if discovered subsequently. I acknowledge that I have a continuing duty to inform the School of Law as to any relevant information or change in circumstances that relates to any of these questions of which I became aware after the date of my signature below. In accordance with 20 U.S.C. Section 1232 (g), et. seq., of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1973, I hereby authorize each school or college that I have attended, and the officers and faculty thereof, to make available all my educational records and personally identifiable information contained herein concerning me to the officers and faculty of The University of Akron School of Law.

Essentially what this means is that the School of Law may deny an applicant, revoke an admission offer that was previously made to an applicant, or suspend or dismiss a law student IF one or both of these circumstances is met:

• The applicant misrepresents facts anywhere on the application,
• The applicant's circumstances change with respect to the character and fitness questions, and the applicant makes no effort to inform the School of Law of such changes.