Re: Bill Draft Requests (BDRs) 428 and 429, which revise provisions related to minor traffic and related violations.
The PALS student organization needs you to support the above BDRs, and subsequent bills. Currently, moving traffic violations (speeding tickets) and parking citations are treated as criminal misdemeanors in Nevada. These BDRs would modify Nevada Statutes to treat moving traffic citations and parking citations as civil infractions rather than as criminal misdemeanors. The States of California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon all treat simple moving violations and parking citations as civil infractions rather than criminal misdemeanors.
Students cited for moving traffic violations (speeding tickets) or parking citations in Nevada are disadvantaged compared to students of these surrounding states because they are required to divulge speeding and parking tickets as criminal charges when they seek Bar admission. Lawyers commonly practice in the state where they complete their legal education; therefore, we urge you to please level the playing field for Nevada law students so that they can be equally competitive against law graduates from California, Arizona, and Utah, especially when applying to the Nevada Bar. The UNLV Boyd School of Law is training great lawyers, so please help keep Nevada-trained lawyers in Nevada by supporting these BDRs and the subsequent Bills.
Join with us to support these BDRs and get the subsequent bills passed. Sign the petition today!
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April 3, 2019
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have lent their names to this cause. This momentum belongs entirely to the community that stepped up to help our future lawyers. I never imagined this would receive such a strong reaction.
Reached 100 supporters
April 3, 2019
13 Comments
Finally. No one should have a criminal record over a rolling stop.
NEVADA IS SO FAR BEHIND ON THIS STUFF.
My brother got stuck with a misdemeanor for going 10 over and it has been a nightmare for his background checks. This needs to change.
I agree this needs to be done . . . HOWEVER, infraction or not, all tickets still need to be disclosed, so this will not level the application process. For example, I had tickets in California, and I had to disclose them in my Bar application.
Seems like a no brainer. Why are we still doing it this way? Just make it a fine and move on.
Should have been done ages ago
Let's do this!
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Re: Bill Draft Requests (BDRs) 428 and 429, which revise provisions related to minor traffic and related violations.
The PALS student organization needs you to support the above BDRs, and subsequent bills. Currently, moving traffic violations (speeding tickets) and parking citations are treated as criminal misdemeanors in Nevada. These BDRs would modify Nevada Statutes to treat moving traffic citations and parking citations as civil infractions rather than as criminal misdemeanors. The States of California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon all treat simple moving violations and parking citations as civil infractions rather than criminal misdemeanors.
Students cited for moving traffic violations (speeding tickets) or parking citations in Nevada are disadvantaged compared to students of these surrounding states because they are required to divulge speeding and parking tickets as criminal charges when they seek Bar admission. Lawyers commonly practice in the state where they complete their legal education; therefore, we urge you to please level the playing field for Nevada law students so that they can be equally competitive against law graduates from California, Arizona, and Utah, especially when applying to the Nevada Bar. The UNLV Boyd School of Law is training great lawyers, so please help keep Nevada-trained lawyers in Nevada by supporting these BDRs and the subsequent Bills.
Join with us to support these BDRs and get the subsequent bills passed. Sign the petition today!
Updates
April 3, 2019
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have lent their names to this cause. This momentum belongs entirely to the community that stepped up to help our future lawyers. I never imagined this would receive such a strong reaction.
Reached 100 supporters
April 3, 2019
13 Comments
Makes zero sense to treat a parking ticket like a real crime. Fix this now.
Finally. No one should have a criminal record over a rolling stop.
NEVADA IS SO FAR BEHIND ON THIS STUFF.
My brother got stuck with a misdemeanor for going 10 over and it has been a nightmare for his background checks. This needs to change.
I agree this needs to be done . . . HOWEVER, infraction or not, all tickets still need to be disclosed, so this will not level the application process. For example, I had tickets in California, and I had to disclose them in my Bar application.
Seems like a no brainer. Why are we still doing it this way? Just make it a fine and move on.
Should have been done ages ago
Let's do this!
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Makes zero sense to treat a parking ticket like a real crime. Fix this now.