New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle C - Ancillary Agencies › Chapter I - State Board of Law Examiners › Part 6000 - Rules › Section 6000.13 - Fraud, dishonesty and other misconduct

Current through
				  Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) If it shall appear to the board that
				  there is credible evidence which would establish that an applicant has:
(1) either by omission or commission
				  falsified the application or proofs required for admission to the bar
				  examination, the NYLC or the NYLE, or misrepresented the applicant's
				  eligibility to sit for the bar examination, the NYLC or the NYLE;
(2) either by omission or commission
				  falsified the application or proofs required for admission by transferred UBE
				  score, or misrepresented the applicant's eligibility to apply for admission by
				  transferred UBE score;
(3) either
				  by omission or commission falsified the proofs required for admission to
				  practice without examination or misrepresented the applicant's eligibility to
				  be admitted to practice without examination;
(4) either by omission or commission
				  falsified documentation submitted in support of a request for test
				  accommodations under section
				  6000.7 of this Part or secured
				  such documentation under false pretenses;
(5) brought any item or material prohibited
				  by the board's security policy through the security checkpoint at the bar
				  examination, or possessed any such item or material at any time after passing
				  through the security checkpoint;
(6) reviewed and/or accessed, intentionally
				  or inadvertently, any item or material, including any electronic document,
				  prohibited by the board's security policy at any time after passing through the
				  security checkpoint at the bar examination, or secreted any such item or
				  material with the intent to review and/or use it;
(7) otherwise violated the board's bar
				  examination security policy;
(8)
				  broken the seal on the question book, opened the question booklet, or reviewed
				  the questions in the question book prior to the announcement that the bar
				  examination session has begun;
(9)
				  written, typed or designated any answers to questions or other unauthorized
				  information on any bar examination materials, answer sheet or booklet prior to
				  the announcement that the bar examination session has begun;
(10) written, typed or designated any answers
				  to questions or other information on any bar examination materials, answer
				  sheet or booklet after the announcement of the conclusion of the bar
				  examination session;
(11) entered
				  the laptop exam software prior to the instruction to do so or failed to exit
				  the laptop exam software when instructed to do so;
(12) sought, obtained or used answers or
				  information from or given answers or information to another applicant or any
				  other person during the bar examination or the NYLE;
(13) removed or attempted to remove any bar
				  examination materials or notes made during the bar examination from the
				  examination room;
(14) otherwise
				  violated any of the oral or written instructions given in connection with the
				  administration of the bar examination, the NYLC or the NYLE;
(15) used any means to speed up or advance
				  any video segment of the NYLC or otherwise failed to view, at their normal
				  speed, the entirety of the lectures in the NYLC;
(16) memorized bar examination or NYLE
				  questions for the purpose of reporting and/or reported the substance of
				  questions to any person or entity engaged in, or affiliated with any person or
				  entity engaged in, the preparation of applicants to take the bar examination
				  and/or the NYLE;
(17) copied or
				  gave to another person any of the NYLC, NYLE or bar examination questions or
				  answers, used any questions or answers of the NYLC, NYLE or bar examination
				  provided to the applicant by another person in taking the NYLC, NYLE or the bar
				  examination, or violated the copyright protection afforded to the NYLC,
				  NYLC/NYLE course materials, the NYLE and/or the bar examination;
(18) during the administration of the NYLE,
				  electronically searched the NYLC/NYLE course materials using a searchable
				  version of the NYLC/NYLE course materials;
(19) engaged in fraud, dishonesty or other
				  misconduct in connection with an application for, or the administration of, the
				  Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) or a bar examination
				  of any other jurisdiction;
(20) sat
				  for the bar examination or the NYLE without having a bona fide intention to
				  seek admission to practice law in the State of New York;
(21) compromised or disrupted the process for
				  admission to or administration of the bar examination or the NYLE;
(22) violated the board's civility policy;
				  or
(23) failed to cooperate in a
				  misconduct investigation made pursuant to this section, or made a false
				  statement in connection with a misconduct investigation; the applicant may be
				  charged with having engaged in fraud, dishonesty or other misconduct. The
				  applicant shall be served with written notice of such charges by regular mail
				  and email at the last address provided to the board by the applicant. The
				  charges shall state with particularity the facts upon which they are based. The
				  applicant's examination results shall be withheld pending the decision on the
				  charges by the board.