A former journalist who became the subject of a Hollywood movie after he
was caught fabricating articles in the late 1990s is fighting to become
a lawyer in California over the objections of a state bar committee.
Stephen Glass, whose ethical missteps at The New Republic and other
magazines were recounted in the film "Shattered Glass" and an
autobiographical novel, has challenged the bar committee's decision to
deny him a license to practice law, the San Francisco Chronicle reported
Monday.
Glass attended law school at Georgetown University and passed
California's bar exam in 2007. His application for an attorney's license
was turned down by the state's Committee of Bar Examiners, which judged
him morally unfit for his new profession.
But an independent state bar court ruled in Glass's favor in July and
the California Supreme Court has since agreed to hear the committee's
appeal. No date for oral arguments has been set.
The bar association's lawyers said in written filings that even though
Glass' transgressions occurred when he was in his 20s, his attempts at
atonement were inadequate and in some cases coincided with the
publication of his novel. They faulted him for never compensating anyone
who was hurt by his falsehoods.
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