In re Howard

*221{¶ 1} On August 16, 2004, Micheál Habib Howard applied to register as a candidate for admission to the practice of law in Ohio. On November 3, 2004, he applied to take the February 2005 Ohio bar examination. The applicant was granted a waiver of the November 1 application deadline on the condition that the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness approved his character, fitness, and moral qualifications three weeks prior to the examination.

{¶ 2} On June 6, 2005, the Admissions Committee of the Toledo Bar Association disapproved the applicant’s qualifications, citing his criminal record…