I AM CURRENTLY A 2ND YEAR LAW STUDENT AT MERCER SCHOOL OF LAW AND I HAVE A MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS CHARGE PENDING AGAINST ME I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PENALTY IF IM FOUND GUILTY AND WHAT IS THE PUNISMENT AND IF IT DOES NOT GO MY WAY IN COURT WILL THAT PREVENT ME FROM TAKING THE BAR EXAM AND BECOMING A LAWYER

To successfully get the State of Georgia’s permission to sit for the bar exam, you must first be approved as being “morally fit.” You would be required on the moral fitness application to mention your pending charges. If the false statement charge pending against you is a felony, it would most certainly preclude you from sitting for the Ga. Bar exam, especially if it involves a crime of moral turpitude. Even if the pending charge is a misdemeanor, it still could adversely affect your moral fitness application. If precluded from taking the bar, you could petition the State and ask for reconsideration. Your best bet is to fight your pending charges!  

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