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.

AB 10794 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

New York 2019-2020 General Assembly

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Introduced 07/10/2020

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