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Assembly Bill A10858

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the board of law examiners to administer an online bar exam

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2019-A10858 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8712
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary

2019-A10858 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of law examiners to administer an online bar exam in September 2020.

2019-A10858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10858
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. The legislature finds that as a result of the circumstances
 surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unclear whether the state board
 of  law examiners will be able to safely administer a two-day, in-person
 New York state bar examination as scheduled or  at  any  later  date  in
 calendar  year  2020.  The  New  York state board of law examiners shall
 conduct a two-day bar examination on September 9th and 10th to be admin-
 istered remotely in an online format. Additional  information  regarding
 delivery  of  the online bar exam, including plans for proctoring, shall
 be provided by the state board  of  law  examiners  to  applicants,  law
 schools,  bar  review  courses and other interested parties by August 3,
 2020.
   ยง 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

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