Assembly Actions -
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Assembly Bill A10846
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Patricia Fahy
Robert C. Carroll
Donna Lupardo
Mathylde Frontus
2019-A10846 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10846 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to temporarily admitting certain attorneys graduating from law school or taking the bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency; such attorney may be admitted on a permanent basis if they remain in good standing under section 90 of the judiciary law and work at least 100 hours under the supervision of a permanently admitted attorney.
2019-A10846 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10846 I N A S S E M B L Y July 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT in relation to temporarily admitting certain attorneys graduating from law school or taking the bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any person who has graduated or will graduate from an American Bar Association accredited law school or who would otherwise be eligible to take the New York state bar examination, 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 shall be admitted to practice in all the courts of record of the state on a temporary basis. An individual who remains in good standing in accordance with section 90 of the judiciary law and practices law for a minimum of 100 hours under the supervision of a permanently admitted attorney, who shall submit an affirmation of the nature and extent of the supervision to the committee on character and fitness and shall, upon such completion of such supervision, trans- mit the candidate's credentials to the appellate division, shall be admitted to practice in all courts of record of the state on a permanent basis. Such submission shall not be made earlier than three months after having completed the requisite number of supervised hours. Such super- vised work shall be completed no later than 18 months after September 30, 2021 or such date as the COVID-19 state disaster emergency ends, whichever is later. § 2. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as rescinding any rules promulgated or waivers thereof by the court of appeals pertaining to admission to practice as an attorney- and counselor-at-law that are not inconsistent with this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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