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Admission to New York Bar Without Examination


In its discretion, the Appellate Division may admit to practice without examination an applicant who meets the other state bar requirements (see below) and who has been admitted to practice before the highest court of any U.S. jurisdiction, provided that:
a) the attorney is over 26 years of age;
b) the attorney is a graduate of a law school approved by the ABA;
c) at least one jurisdiction in which the attorney is admitted would similarly admit an attorney admitted to practice in New York to its bar without examination (New York State has reciprocity with the following states: Alaska, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.); and
d) the attorney has actually practiced for at least five of the seven years immediately preceding the application. Actual practice may include:
(1) legal services provided while in Federal military or civilian service;
(2) legal services to any corporation;
(3) full-time teaching in a law school approved by the ABA for a period of at least five years immediately preceding the application, and attainment of the rank of professor or associate professor;
(4) employment as a judge, magistrate, referee or similar official for the Federal, state, or local government in a tribunal of record, or as a law clerk to such judicial official; or
(5) in a combination or cumulation of service among the above categories of practice or legal service where the Appellate Division has determined that such five years of combined or cumulative service is the equivalent of the required practice.

Attorneys seeking admission without examination should refer to the applicable court rules [22 NYCRR Part 520] and must first apply to the New York State Board of Law Examiners to be certified to the appropriate Judicial Department.

 

Application/Admission fees: $400.00 (Certificate of Legal Education), plus $300.00 registration fee.

INTERNATIONAL LAW PRACTICE

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