Board of Law Examiners. Guidelines for Determining Character and Fitness and Overseeing Probationary License Holders.Com or call 512-427-1806. The Character and Fitness application is the ultimate background check to make sure you are morally fit for the practice of law. A positive moral character determination is a requirement for admission to the practice of law in California. Demonstration of character and fitness, sometimes referred to as moral character, is among the essential elements required for bar admission. I have a question about the "character and fitness" verbiage in the bar requirements. Background checks and all that take place after the exam or no? Current membership in the bar association of any state to the. Office of Law Records.