Florida Board of Bar Examiners re R.L.W.

Petitioner asks this Court to review the recommendation of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners that his admission to The Florida Bar be denied. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we approve the Board’s recommendation that R.L.W. not be admitted at this time. Further, we approve the Board’s recommendation that R.L.W. be disqualified from reapplying for admission for a period of five years.

FACTS

On April 5, 1996, while a student at Saint Louis University School of Law, R.L.W. executed a student registration with the Florida Board of Bar Examiners.…