rejected for failing to put bar id no.

[aljy]

My good friend, highly qualified, neglected to list his bar id. no.

Rejected for it.

Any hope of appealing that. I seem to recall that this came up in the last round. Was this something people had any success at appealing. Other than that the application was fine, just the rush . . . Would appreciate any information.

[workdrone]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend's situation. It's really frustrating to get bounced for a minor oversight. Definitely appeal it. However, from what others mentioned in the forum during this last cycle, OPM had rejected appeals in similar situations (i.e. missing bar number).

[tricia]

Sorry to hear about your friend.
I applied in May of 2007, and failed to put the date on which I was first licensed in the answer to that same question. There were several other people on this board who did the same thing - either left off the license number or the date. We all immediately appealed. A few people heard in late Setpember or early October that they had won their appeals. Everyone else lost their appeals. I wrote to the ALJ Application Help Desk, and some others did also, asking why only a few people won appeals on this issue. We have never received a response.
This is a crazy process.

[nonamouse]

Some people were rejected for failing to list a bar # when their state does not use them. I believe that those people won their appeals because you cannot list something that does not exist. The other people who I know who left off a bar # or the date of admission had to reapply this time around.

[zero]

That's a shame.

[morgullord]

You must remember that the application process is like playing "Simon Says" with the Squire of Gothos (Star Trek, The Original Series, for the uninitiated). Give them exactly what they want. If your State does not use bar numbers, don't leave the space empty--be proactive and indicate that your State does not use numbers. Don't give them a chance to knock you out of contention. Every app they can mark as incomplete is one they need not process.

[southernmiss]

Last go round, I forgot to put down the date I joined the Bar. I was already on the old register, so technically they had the information. I also had two other pretty good arguments for my appeal. Their anwer was basically "We don't care what the reason is; we are not accepting any arguments and that is that." If I had not reasoned that it would be a moot point and only act to antagonize them, I would have fought them, but then I realized all I would do is hack them off. So, I am sorry to say, unless they have changed, which is doubtful, your friend is out of the running until next time.

[carjack]

Last time I was rejected for omitting my bar numbers and my notice specifically said so. I e-mailed them immediately and simply restated, several times, in an easy to read format, in bold type, with pretty columns and a plain, but stylish font, all of my bar admissions, numbers, dates, etc. That was in July, then at the end of Sept I received a new NOR that said I was qualified to take the written and the interview, but the written part was in 2 days and the interview was the following week, which was the last week of testing. I went and participated and am now on the list, although I feel certain I was docked at least a few points for making a stupid error of omission. I did hear from others, however, who, it sounded like, did the same thing but were without success in appealing. My opinion - the OPM interview was much more straight-forward than the ODAR interview, but maybe that was just me. Good luck.