In THE MATTER OF APPLICATION OF McLAUGHLIN

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

This is a bar-admissions case. It arises from the report and recommendation of the Supreme Court Committee on Character that the required certification of good character be withheld from a candidate for the July 1994 New Jersey Bar Examination. The recommendation was based on the Committee’s conclusion that the candidate did not demonstrate the fitness and good character essential for the practice of law.

The ease requires the Court to explain the standards for evaluating character and fitness for the practice of law, and to reemphasize the…