STATE OF NEW YORK
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10858
IN ASSEMBLY
July 24, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Epstein) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT directing the state board of law examiners to administer an
online examination for persons applying for admission to practice as
attorneys and counsellors-at-law in this state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislature finds that as a result of the circumstances
2 surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unclear whether the state board
3 of law examiners will be able to safely administer a two-day, in-person
4 New York state bar examination as scheduled or at any later date in
5 calendar year 2020. The New York state board of law examiners shall
6 conduct a two-day bar examination on September 9th and 10th to be admin-
7 istered remotely in an online format. Additional information regarding
8 delivery of the online bar exam, including plans for proctoring, shall
9 be provided by the state board of law examiners to applicants, law
10 schools, bar review courses and other interested parties by August 3,
11 2020.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16873-02-0