New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle C - Ancillary Agencies
Chapter I - State Board of Law Examiners
Part 6000 - Rules
Section 6000.2 - Admission upon examination

(a) The New York State Bar Examination consists of the Uniform Bar Examination, developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

(b) As used in this Part, UBE refers to the Uniform Bar Examination, as described in section 6000.3(a) of this Part; NYLC refers to the New York Law Course, as described in section 6000.3(b) of this Part; NYLE refers to the New York Law Examination, as described in section 6000.3(c) of this Part; and MPRE refers to the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, as described in section 6000.3(d) of this Part.

(c) Applicants for admission upon examination may take the UBE in New York in accordance with section 6000.4 of this Part or, effective October 1, 2016, may transfer a score achieved on the UBE taken in another jurisdiction to New York, in accordance with section 6000.5 of this Part.

(d) Except as provided in subdivision (e) of this section, applicants seeking admission upon examination are required to successfully complete the NYLC and achieve passing scores on the UBE, NYLE and MPRE prior to being certified to the Appellate Division for admission.

(e) Applicants who seek admission upon examination based on passage of the New York State Bar Examination administered prior to July 2016 are not required to complete the NYLC or pass the NYLE.