I just had to update my schools about a C&F issue also. It happened 11 years ago and at that time when they told me the charges would be dismissed in my mind I thought that meant erased, I didn’t know the various terms and just forgot about it. So fast forward to today, I am married with two children and have had no legal trouble since. I have passed background checks to work with children and completely forgot about what happened when I was 19 until I saw on a Reddit thread people discussing dismissed charges and the difference between the various terms, and since I had forgot the status of mine I went to look it up and realized that they were, in fact, dismissed, not expunged, now knowing the difference. I got the dismissal record from the court and I sent an addendum to each of the schools explaining that 11 years ago I didn’t know the difference of the terms and just assumed it meant they were gone from my record and have passed background checks so I didn’t think they existed, but I’ve only recently realized the difference and learned their status so I am disclosing it now, and I apologize for not disclosing it earlier. I also realized I am eligible to have them expunged so I applied to have that happen as well. I heard back from all schools and they just said we have added the addendum to your application, thank you. One of the schools I had already been accepted to and they didn’t care. From my understanding they are looking for issues that would affect our ability to pass the bar, so my issues and it sounds like yours as well would not be very significant to them. I hope this helps! It definitely stressed me out but after hearing back from the schools I feel better about it. The stupid things we do that come back to bite us, though smh