Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Feb 24, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A5694
2021-2022 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
2021-A5694 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A5694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5694 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 24, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to temporarily suspending the two-fail qualification for practice of law prior to passing the bar exam for law graduates representing indigent clients; and provid- ing 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. Section 478 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 22 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: § 478. Practicing or appearing as attorney-at-law without being admit- ted and registered. It shall be unlawful for any natural person to prac- tice or appear as an attorney-at-law or as an attorney and counselor-at- law for a person other than himself or herself in a court of record in this state, or to furnish attorneys or counsel or an attorney and coun- sel to render legal services, or to hold himself or herself out to the public as being entitled to practice law as aforesaid, or in any other manner, or to assume to be an attorney or counselor-at-law, or to assume, use, or advertise the title of lawyer, or attorney and counse- lor-at-law, or attorney-at-law or counselor-at-law, or attorney, or counselor, or attorney and counselor, or equivalent terms in any language, in such manner as to convey the impression that he or she is a legal practitioner of law or in any manner to advertise that he or she either alone or together with any other persons or person has, owns, conducts or maintains a law office or law and collection office, or office of any kind for the practice of law, without having first been duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of record of this state, and without having taken the constitutional oath. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be held to apply (1) to officers of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, duly appointed, when exercising the special powers conferred EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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