That's exactly right. I can report that I've had five legal jobs since I started law school (including two clerkships) and nobody has ever asked for my official transcript. I'm frankly very surprised that somebody noticed the alteration.
That being said, it still takes serious guts to pass off an altered transcript. He surely had no way of knowing that the judges would not eventually require an official transcript. I certainly assumed that I would need one before I could be formally offered the job.
That being said, it still takes serious guts to pass off an altered transcript. He surely had no way of knowing that the judges would not eventually require an official transcript. I certainly assumed that I would need one before I could be formally offered the job.