Hallinan v. Committee of Bar Examiners

Petitioner, Terence Hallinan, seeks review of the action of the Committee of Bar Examiners in refusing to certify him to this court for admission to practice law in California. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6066.)

Petitioner, now aged 29, graduated from Hastings College of Law and in March 1965 took and passed the bar examination given general applicants. He was not certified for admission, however, pending investigation and hearing into his possession of the “good moral character” requisite for certification for admission.1

*450After lengthy hearings by a three-man subcommittee and a review of the entire…