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Challenge to Questions Asked of State Bar Applicants
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October 30, 2002 - ACLU Announces Settlement of State Bar Exam Questions Case
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today a settlement agreement that ends a four-and-a-half-year legal battle between law students and the Colorado Board of Law Examiners over the questions it poses to bar applicants.

May 12,1998 - ACLU Files Legal Challenge to Questions Asked of State Bar Applicants
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that it has filed suit to challenge the State of Colorado’s practice of requiring that individuals seeking a license to practice law must answer broad-ranging questions about any past history of substance abuse, treatment for substance abuse, or any past history of treatment for mental or emotional disorders.


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