1. Whether admission to a State Bar, or other
state licensing agency, constitutes a liberty interest
under the United States Constitution.

2. Whether a strict scrutiny standard of review
is required when a liberty interest is at stake and
whether the applicant or the state bears the burden of
proof.

3. Whether admission or licensing standards,
and any disqualifying factors, must be narrow, objec
tive, and definite.

4. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment allows a
State Bar, or other state licensing agency, to promote
diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) resulting in racial
and gender preferences in the admission process

Whether admission to a State Bar constitutes a liberty interest