(a) Whether admission to a State Bar, or other state licensing agency, constitutes a liberty interest under the United States Constitution.
(b) Whether admission or licensing standards, and any disqualifying factors, must be narrow, objective, and definite.
(c) 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.
(d) 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 a state bar court's disciplinary decision against an attorney violates due process or First Amendment rights of free speech