New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle B - Courts
Chapter I - Court of Appeals
Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law
Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law
Section 520.5 - Study of law in law school and actual practice

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) General. An applicant who has studied law in any law school in any other state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, other than a law school that grants credit for correspondence courses, and has received a degree from such law school that qualifies the applicant to practice law in such state, territory or in the District of Columbia, may qualify to take the New York State bar examination by submitting to the New York State Board of Law Examiners satisfactory proof that:

(1) the applicant possesses the legal education required by this Part;

(2) the applicant's course of study complies with the instructional, course of study, and academic calendar requirements of section 520.3(c) through (e) of this Part; and

(3) while admitted to the bar in the highest court in any state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, the applicant has actually practiced therein for at least five years of the seven years immediately preceding the application to sit for the bar examination.

(b) Proof required. The applicant shall submit to the State Board of Law Examiners such proof of compliance with the provisions of this section as the board may require.

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