a lawyer asked him what year i graduated high school

Is it illegal to ask what year you graduated from college?

“Is asking what year you graduated from college a kind of age discrimination?” Question: Alan, it seems many companies who ask for employment applications online make it a required field to fill out the year you graduated from college . . . it seems to be little more than a way to get around asking you your age, which is illegal.

Why do employers ask what year of high school you graduated?

Because the vast majority of us graduate high school at the age of 17 or 18 years old, and a little math will let them figure out your age if they have the year of your graduation. If a high school diploma is required for the job, they can ask if you have one, but not when you got it.

Do employers have the right to ask for a high school diploma?

Employers do have a right, in any event, to require applicants to state whether they have graduated from high school, college or other schooling.

Is the year of college graduation required on a job application?

You are entirely correct that certain questions, by their very nature, tend to reveal age, such as the year of college graduation. The fact that those questions are asked in an online job application, and especially that the year of college graduation is a required field, strongly suggest a discriminatory motive.

Can a recruiter ask what year you graduated from?

1. When did you graduate from college? While interview questions like this get asked during phone screens across the globe, it is technically an illegal interview question because it can often infer age. The Age Discrimination Act prevents employment discrimination based on age.

Can an employer ask when you graduated high school?

Since you aren't allowed to ask any questions that could reveal the age of the employee, you cannot ask when someone graduated from high school or university. Instead, ask about the person's job experience and how it pertains to the their job position.

When students are 18 years old and over their parents can only access their records if?

The Buckley Amendment protects the privacy of student records by only allowing certain information about a student to be released after obtaining consent. Before a student turns 18 years old, his or her parents have access to the student's records.

What age are most law school graduates?

The average first-year law student is almost 26-years-old. Therefore, people in their 30's and 40's may think they are too old for starting a second career and going to law school, but it can still be a great choice for many.

What is illegal to ask in an interview?

In the United States, it is illegal for an employer to discriminate against a job applicant because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, national origin, or disability.

How do jobs know if you graduated?

Generally, education background checks can go back as far as they need to search for official records. Employers can confirm a candidate's diplomas and degrees no matter when they received them. In some cases, an education background check shows GPA and honors earned.

Should parents respect their children's privacy?

Parents must respect the evolving privacy rules of their children despite their curiosity or concerns, Petronio says, or they risk losing their child's trust for good. “Parents must acknowledge their children's rights to have these rules whether they like them or not,” she says.

What is the Buckley Amendment?

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, also known as the Buckley Amendment, protects the privacy of student records. The Act provides for the right to inspect and review educational records, the right to seek to amend those records and to limit disclosure of information from the records.

Do parents have the right to access their child's student records?

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects your rights to: FERPA guarantees you the right to see all the educational records the school maintains on your child. You also can authorize someone else, such as a lawyer, to review records for you.

Who is the youngest lawyer ever?

Stephen Baccus akaStephen Baccus aka the “boy genius” started studying law when he was only 14 years old. He finished his law degree within two and a half years which made him a graduate of Bachelor of Laws at the age of 16.

Who is the youngest lawyer in America?

Seth Harding Seth graduated from The University of Alabama School of Law in 2020 at the age of 19. He appeared for his bar exam soon after and passed, becoming the youngest person to be eligible to practice law in the state of Alabama in the past 100 years!

What is the youngest age to become a lawyer?

A Federal judge, in a ruling made public yesterday, upheld a requirement that people seeking to take the state bar examination be at least 21 years old. But he struck down a requirement that they show they entered law school no earlier than the age of 18.

Thought Leader: Christi Sanders, DBA

Sitting in a job interview can be very stressful.

1. Where are you from?

Seems innocent enough, right? Just making conversation. It’s polite, right? Wrong! Asking an applicant where they are from could lead to discrimination on the basis of culture or race.

2. What year did you graduate high school?

Why is this illegal? Because the vast majority of us graduate high school at the age of 17 or 18 years old, and a little math will let them figure out your age if they have the year of your graduation. If a high school diploma is required for the job, they can ask if you have one, but not when you got it.

3. What does your spouse do for a living?

This type of question might be asked especially if you are interviewing for a position in another state or out of your current city. It is phrased as concern for you, but it isn’t. It is an attempt to find out whether or not you are married, and that is illegal. You can’t be discriminated against for your marital status.

4. Do you have any children?

This is another illegal question that may seem harmless, but it is illegal. Whether or not you currently have children or plan to have them in the future should have no bearing on your ability to do your job, if hired. Often, employers will try to find out how many children you have, too, and they can be very sneaky about it.

5. Do you have a religious holiday preference?

This might be phrased as a scheduling question. For example, “We provide time off for certain religious holidays, which ones would you prefer to celebrate?” This is illegal. Employers cannot discriminate on the basis of religion. AFTER you are hired would be the time to discuss scheduling, not during an interview.

6. Have you ever been injured at work?

This type of question is a fishing expedition to determine if you’ve ever had a worker’s compensation claim, or to find out if you have a physical disability. This is an illegal question. An employer can (and should) provide you with a realistic preview of the job and ask if you are able to perform the duties as described. If you can, great.