New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle B - Courts
Chapter IV - Supreme Court
Subchapter B - Second Judicial Department
Article 1 - Appellate Division
Subarticle B - Special Rules
Part 691 - Conduct Of Attorneys
Section 691.25 - Bar association screening committees; members as volunteers, Public Officers Law, Section 17

The members of the screening committees of the bar associations of Kings, Queens and Richmond Counties, which committees are established under the authority of section 722 of the County Law for the purpose of providing counsel to persons charged with a crime, as volunteers, are expressly authorized to participate in a State-sponsored volunteer program within the meaning of subdivision one of section 17 of the Public Officers Law.