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There is no reason why perfectly capable people with PTSD or depression, who suffered with those issues, can’t practice law and do so effectively.
— Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana), commenting on legislation in California that bans the State Bar from seeking the mental health records of law school graduates as part of its character and fitness assessment. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law earlier this week. Other states have already removed such questions from their bar applications.
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