*DUI* on Summer Applications?

[notmychairnotmyproblem]

So I have an interesting/terrible dilemma.  My summer externship applications for the AG/City Attorney/District Court(s) have a question at the end that specifically states:  Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense or do you currently have a criminal case pending? 

I got arrested for DUI 8 months ago.  No charges have been filed yet, and no court date has been set. I have yet to see a judge.  The statute of limitations on prosecution here for DUI is one year.   (Please spare me the insults, I know it was idiotic.)  Is this technically a "pending" criminal case?  I think the general rule is disclose/disclose/disclose, but if I don't have to, I don't want to.  I'm very worried that despite my good grades, I will be overlooked because of it. 

Any advice from the learned LSD population is greatly appreciated. 

[TTom]

So I have an interesting/terrible dilemma.  My summer externship applications for the AG/City Attorney/District Court(s) have a question at the end that specifically states:  Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense or do you currently have a criminal case pending? 

I got arrested for DUI 8 months ago.  No charges have been filed yet, and no court date has been set. I have yet to see a judge.  The statute of limitations on prosecution here for DUI is one year.   (Please spare me the insults, I know it was idiotic.)  Is this technically a "pending" criminal case?  I think the general rule is disclose/disclose/disclose, but if I don't have to, I don't want to.  I'm very worried that despite my good grades, I will be overlooked because of it. 

Any advice from the learned LSD population is greatly appreciated. 

You weren't arraigned after being arrested?

[Matthies]

So I have an interesting/terrible dilemma.  My summer externship applications for the AG/City Attorney/District Court(s) have a question at the end that specifically states:  Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense or do you currently have a criminal case pending? 

I got arrested for DUI 8 months ago.  No charges have been filed yet, and no court date has been set. I have yet to see a judge.  The statute of limitations on prosecution here for DUI is one year.   (Please spare me the insults, I know it was idiotic.)  Is this technically a "pending" criminal case?  I think the general rule is disclose/disclose/disclose, but if I don't have to, I don't want to.  I'm very worried that despite my good grades, I will be overlooked because of it. 

Any advice from the learned LSD population is greatly appreciated. 

Disclose. What if you don’t disclose, do great at your internship, get offered a job then get charged. Your offer is going to disappear. This is not bad as you think it is and not as bad as liying/misleading about it. Likewise if your supervisor is a lawyer and finds out you lied they have an ethics duty to report you to the C&F when you apply to the bar because that’s something affecting your trustworthiness to practice law – lying on an application or misleading on an application. Just disclose it.

[CTL]

I would disclose and hope that the window closes for prosecution.

[notmychairnotmyproblem]

Thanks so much for the replies.  Not what I was hoping for, but I would rather do the right thing.  As for the earlier question, no, I was never arraigned.  Released and never (as of yet) charged.  Oh well, lie in the bed you make I suppose. 

On a side note, I have a 1 page area to "explain".  Should I make note of the fact that I haven't been charged?  That I was arrested for "suspicion" of DUI? 

[CTL]

Maybe you might want to get legal advice from a bona fide lawyer.  I'm sure she/he could provide you with the best advice.

[Matthies]

Thanks so much for the replies.  Not what I was hoping for, but I would rather do the right thing.  As for the earlier question, no, I was never arraigned.  Released and never (as of yet) charged.  Oh well, lie in the bed you make I suppose. 

On a side note, I have a 1 page area to "explain".  Should I make note of the fact that I haven't been charged?  That I was arrested for "suspicion" of DUI? 

Yes make note of it, but spend the magority of the 1 page talking about what you learned from this and how it will make you  better prosectutor. Good luck

[TheDudeMan]

Talk to a real lawyer.  If you were never charged, it never happened.  Talk to a lawyer and get the deal on the semantics and whether this qualifies as a pending charge or not.