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
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