Bill Text: NY S08682 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 8682 (Prior Session Legislation)

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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-10 - PRINT NUMBER 8682A [S08682 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08682-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         8682--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 6, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, MAY, MONTGOM-
          ERY,  SALAZAR,  SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee

        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.
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