A person who is caught cheating on an LSAT should be allowed to attend law school and practice law

There are many existing documented cases where individuals have been arrested and later charged with crimes of cheating in these examinations. Such people have left their criminal records, and they can never become attorneys in their career. According to regulations which govern LSAC,“ if you fail to comply with LSAC’s ethical standards, you may be barred from admission to law school” (Moran, 2006, 383). It is thus better for everyone who has a dream of getting into a law school to study better for the LSAT, then comply with the governing rules and regulations as this will allow one to get into the law school through personal merit. Cheating on LSAT examination is considered a severe crime that can lead an individual to jail for a reasonable period and also can lead to charges of not less than $97000 (Moran, 2006, 383).

Crimes and misconduct in professions There has been a general increase in delinquencies and misconduct in the majority of the jobs. The field of health is the one leading in cases of misconduct. According to Sutherland’s view, those who commit crimes, whether under the custody of the court or not, are considered to be lawbreakers (Brockman, 2014; 4). He went further to describe white-collar crimes as crimes that are worthy to be regarded as crimes, but they have not been included in the criminology as crimes (Brockman, 2014, 4). Cheating on LSAT is one of the crimes that can be classified as a white-collar crime. The law school should thus remain stable and defend its rules and regulations that govern them from making sure that those who enter in this field are competent and have passed the entrance examination, LSAT, before being approved to join the school and farther their studies.

LSAC should sue those supervisors and invigilators who are found allowing cheating in the LSAT examination rather than declining the registration of such students. This is because such supervisors are showing how incompetent and how unworthy they are to be in a public office. There are some many occasions that the members of the public have been offended by those serving them with the reason being that there exist organizations that protect such professionals in case of any dispute (Brockman, 2014, 130). Supervisors who practice such behaviours are the ones who make students become corrupt lawyers and they do not practice ethics of their profession hence they should be sued for their misconduct at the workplace. In the most of the times, students make misrepresentations on their applications on law school (McGuire, 2004, 710).

Majority of the students take too long to learn from the mistakes that they may have done in the process of applying for their registration (McGuire, 2004, 710). There have been cases of those students who have made such misrepresentations calling the school dean so as to compare their graduate’s law school application with their bar application; this happens in the scenario where the bar authorities find that the graduate never provided any criminal history in the process of application for the law school (McGuire, 2004, 710). With it made clear that it is a requirement for everyone joining the law school to give a criminal history before entering the school, the bar has been demanding the graduates to confess such omissions to the law school and they wait until the outcome since this has the possibility of leading to disciplinary action (McGuire, 2004, 710).

Majority of the students are as careless as they claim that they did not know that had to give such information to the law school even though at this stage they are already aware that it is a requirement by the law for everyone to provide that evidence (McGuire, 2004, 710). It is outlined clearly that this issue requires one to disclose criminal records rather than just giving representations and also that cases of dishonesty could lead one not sitting for the bar and also not allowed to take part in law activities (McGuire, 2004, 711). With the provision of such information part of the LSAT, anyone who is found to have not provided such should after being informed that it is a must, and then an action can be taken against such an individual with provocation of his or her registration one of the possibilities.

The rules governing LSAT examination has to remain and has to be always followed to ensure that those that work in the law firms are people who are trustworthy and those who can protect public goods. The omission of such information by the students is also considered under the school misconduct policy with this also have a section that covers application misrepresentation (McGuire, 2004, 715). Emphasis on occupation rather than the profession According to Joan professions are defined to be occupants that have been lucky enough to obtain as well as to keep the title of “profession” (Brockman, 2009, 588). SROS should be giving the monopoly power of selecting those that take part in serving the society as a way of ensuring that the public has been offered with quality services (Brockman, 1998, 588).

The school of law should also have adequate facilities that can allow its students to gain the relevant skills and knowledge that can enable them to serve the public (Brockman, 1998, 588). Having everyone joined the field of law is an indication that such a student is smart enough and if well modeled, he or she can gain the necessary skills that can allow such a person to serve the society (Brockman, 1998, 588). Those who cheat in the LSAT examination is mainly due to the tension that such people may have. The law school thus should allow everyone who has sat for the LSAT examination to join the law school to develop into a professional lawyer who can then serve the public rather than expelling them at their entry.

Cheating of LSAT is misconduct, not a crime With the fact that we depend on the criminal justice system to solve what comes around us, sometimes criminal law enforcement leads to more harm than it prevents (Brockman, 2004, 53). The legitimacy of law may be underestimated by law enforcement in some minor crimes such as street crimes and white-collar crimes. Cheating on LSAT examination is just categorized under white-collar crimes (Brockman, 2004, 53). This means that those who pass cheat on LSAT examination should not pass through law enforcement regulations but only should be treated especially as this is only misconduct rather than a crime. Also, application of the law in such crimes may make the code to lose its legitimacy. Professional regulation has brought about social mobility in Canada, United States and also in the United Kingdom with this being done by the middle-class worker (Adams, 2009, 220).

The law school should thus aim at producing such employees who can play such an essential role in the process of leading the nation to great success. It is essential for the state to put its priority on those professions that can lead the nation to better leadership. This means that there is a need for the LSAC to change its policies to allow as many people as possible to join the law school to produce as many professional lawyers as possible. Thus, those who are found to be cheating in the LSAT should be allowed to enter law school and also practice law to be able to fill the existing gap in the leadership of the state. By adopting such policies, the law school will be able to absorb as many people as possible and end up eliminating the policies of excluding those that are found cheating in the LSAT examination (Maroto, 2011, 104).

Also, the law school should put forward the legacy of the nation rather than misconduct of the students to ensure that the legacy of the state has been maintained all the time. LSAT cheating should be considered as just minor misconduct and learners should be given an opportunity to join the law school and practicing law. Cheating of LSAT is minor misconduct that has even been discriminated by law Those crimes that are considered to be as small as the white-collar crimes are not involved in the law (Shover & Cullen, 2008, 155). White-collar crimes are some of the reasons why there has been the emergence of social inequality in the society (Shover & Cullen, 2008, 155). Conclusion From the above discussion, it is quite clear that it is essential for the LSAC to consider cheating of the LSAT as any other academic misconduct and take light measures as any other educational institution instead of considering denying those involved in the deception an entry to the law school or application of the law in any other institution.

Also, the body should put in place proper supervision that will ensure that there is no any chance that those who take the LSAT can be involved in any cheating. Those who are found guilty of fraud should pass through academic disciplinary and later be allowed to join the law school and practice law. This will help in the process of increasing competent people and who can take part in maintaining the legacy of the governance of the country and also providing the consumer with qualified lawyers who can be depended on especially in times of crisis. In this case, cheating of the LSAT examination should just be considered as a white-collar crime. Canadian Journal of Law & Society/La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, 19(1), 55-84.