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In Re Jaffee

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  • 806 P.2d 685
  • 311 Or. 159
  • 1991 Ore. LEXIS 17

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  • the Board of Bar Examiners should use this court’s prior disciplinary cases resulting in disbarment as a guide in assessing present moral character in admission cases
  • the Board of Bar Examiners should use this court's prior disciplinary cases resulting in disbarment as a guide in assessing present moral character in admission cases
  • reinstatement after disbarment is uncommon in the legal profession, and not even possible in some jurisdictions
  • in admission proceeding, applicant had burden to demonstrate that his moral character had changed sufficiently that he should be admitted to the practice of law
  • out-of- state lawyer who passed Oregon bar examination refused admission because he had been convicted of a felony, manufacturing a controlled substance, marijuana
  • where the applicant had committed criminal acts related to marijuana, applicant would not be permitted to apply for admission until the passage of the same period of time as would have been the period of suspension for a lawyer in practice committing the same acts

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Judges: Per Curiam

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