Opinion ID: 1801704
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: The Bar's Position

Text: The Bar concedes that the first requirement  making full amends and restitution  is inapplicable to this case since no one incurred a pecuniary loss as a result of Nixon's commission of perjury. The Bar also concedes that Nixon has satisfactorily shown that he will have the requisite legal learning: [I]f Mr. Nixon is allowed to take and passes the Bar exam, which according to a recent ... change in Rule 12 of the Rules of Discipline requires him to take, he will have shown that he possesses the requisite legal learning to be reinstated to the practice of law. [8] But the Bar opposes Nixon's petition for reinstatement on the ground that he allegedly does not possess the requisite moral character. Basically, the Bar explains that: (1) Nixon was convicted of committing perjury, and (2) His moral character when he committed those crimes was determined to be not good.