Bill Text: NY A10794 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes any person who has graduated or will graduate from an American Bar Association accredited law school or is otherwise eligible to take the New York state bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency, has demonstrated compliance with section 520.9 of the rules of the court of appeals, and has satisfied the requirements for good moral character and general fitness requisite for an attorney- and counselor-at-law as required by section 90 of the Judiciary Law and who intends to primarily practice law in the State of New York to be admitted to practice in all the courts of record of the state.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-10 - referred to judiciary [A10794 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10794-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10794 IN ASSEMBLY July 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon, Lentol) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT in relation to attorneys graduating from law school or taking the bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation 2 to the contrary, any person who has graduated or will graduate from an 3 American Bar Association accredited law school or who would otherwise be 4 eligible to take the New York state bar examination during the period of 5 time encompassed by the COVID-19 state disaster emergency, as declared 6 pursuant to executive order number 202 of 2020, and any extensions, 7 amendments or modifications thereto, has demonstrated compliance with 8 section 520.9 of the rules of the court of appeals, and has satisfied 9 the requirements for good moral character and general fitness requisite 10 for an attorney- and counselor-at-law as required by section 90 of the 11 judiciary law and who intends to primarily practice law in the state of 12 New York shall be admitted to practice in all the courts of record of 13 the state. 14 § 2. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as rescinding 15 any rules promulgated or waivers thereof by the court of appeals 16 pertaining to admission to practice as an attorney- and counselor-at-law 17 that are not inconsistent with this act. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 19 individual whose application for admission to the New York state bar is 20 pending on the date the COVID-19 state disaster emergency ends. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16858-04-0