Law School Grad With Sex Crime Conviction Can Take Ohio Bar Exam

A law school graduate convicted of downloading child pornography in 2007 can take the Ohio bar exam next month, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday, determining that he had worked to successfully address his problems.

The court also said Zachary Charles Daubenmire, who works as a law clerk for a firm in suburban Columbus, may apply to practice law in Ohio.

Daubenmire sought both sex-offender and anger management counseling, the justices said in their 15-page opinion. He also cut back on his drinking before bedtime after interviewers from the Licking County Bar Association’s admissions committee expressed concern about his ...