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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Section 520.13 - Designation of agent for service of process

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(a) Every applicant for admission to
					 practice who does not reside and is not employed full-time in the State shall
					 be required, as a condition of admission, to execute and file with the
					 Appellate Division of the department in which the applicant is being admitted,
					 a duly acknowledged instrument in writing setting forth the applicant's
					 residence or mailing address and designating the clerk of such Appellate
					 Division as the applicant's agent upon whom process may be served, with like
					 effect as if served personally upon the applicant, in any action or proceeding
					 thereafter brought against the applicant and arising out of or based upon any
					 legal services rendered or offered to be rendered by the applicant within the
					 State.
(b) Any such
					 applicant may, at any time after being admitted to practice, revoke a
					 designation filed with the Appellate Division pursuant to subdivision (a) of
					 this section by executing and filing with such Appellate Division an affidavit
					 revoking such designation and showing that, as of the date of such affidavit,
					 the applicant resides or is employed full-time in the State or has an office
					 therein for the practice of law; except such revocation shall be effective only
					 with respect to causes of action accruing after the filing thereof.
(c) Service of process on the
					 clerk of the Appellate Division, pursuant to a designation filed pursuant to
					 subdivision (a) of this section, shall be made by personally delivering to and
					 leaving with such clerk, or with a deputy or assistant authorized to receive
					 such service at the clerk's office, duplicate copies of the process together
					 with a fee of $25. Service of process shall be complete when such clerk has
					 been so served. Such clerk shall promptly send one copy of the process to the
					 person to whom it is directed, by certified mail, return receipt requested,
					 addressed to such person at the address specified in the designation or at such
					 other address as such person shall have specified in a duly acknowledged
					 supplemental instrument in writing which such person shall have filed in the
					 office of such clerk.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Section 520.14 - Application for waiver of rules

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The Court of Appeals, upon application, may
						in its discretion vary the application of or waive any provision of these rules
						where strict compliance will cause undue hardship to the applicant. Such
						application shall be in the form of a verified petition setting forth the
						applicant's name, age and residence address, the facts relied upon and a prayer
						for relief.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Section 520.15 - Rules of the New York State Board of Law Examiners

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The New York State Board of Law Examiners
						may from time to time adopt, amend or rescind rules, not inconsistent with
						these rules, as it shall deem necessary and proper to enable it to discharge
						its duties as such duties are established by law and by these rules. The rules
						so established by the board shall not be adopted, amended or rescinded except
						by a majority vote of the members thereof. A copy of each rule adopted, amended
						or rescinded must, within 30 days of such action, be filed in the Office of the
						Secretary of State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Section 520.16 - Pro Bono Requirement for Bar Admission

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(a) Fifty-hour pro bono
					 requirement. Every applicant admitted to the New York State bar on or after
					 January 1, 2015, other than applicants for admission without examination
					 pursuant to section
					 520.10 of this Part, shall
					 complete at least 50 hours of qualifying pro bono service prior to filing an
					 application for admission with the appropriate Appellate Division department of
					 the Supreme Court.
(b) Pro bono service defined. For
					 purposes of this section, pro bono service is supervised pre-admission
					 law-related work that:
(1)
					 assists in the provision of legal services without charge for
(i) persons of limited
					 means;
(ii)
					 not-for-profit organizations; or
(iii) individuals, groups or
					 organizations seeking to secure or promote access to justice, including, but
					 not limited to, the protection of civil rights, civil liberties or public
					 rights;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Section 520.17 - Pro Bono Scholars Program

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(a)
General.
The
Pro Bono
Scholars Program is a
						voluntary component of legal education that provides law student participants
						in their final semester of study with an opportunity to assist in improving
						access to justice for persons of limited means while acquiring practical legal
						skills training. The program is administered by the Chief Administrator of the
						Courts or a designee and provided through approved law schools in the United
						States.
(b)
Eligibility.
A student may participate in the
Pro
						Bono
Scholars Program upon proof that:
(1) the student is enrolled in the final
					 semester of law school study in a first degree in law program at an approved
					 law school in the United States, as that term is defined in section
					 520.3 of this Part, and satisfies
					 any eligibility requirements set by the student's law school; and
(2) upon successful completion of the
Pro Bono
Scholars Program the student will have satisfied:
(i) the instructional requirements of section
					 520.3(c) and (d)
					 of this Part; and
(ii) the
					 necessary requirements for graduation at the student's law school, and will be
					 awarded a first degree in law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 520 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Section 520.18 - Skills Competency Requirement for Admission

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(a) General. Every applicant for
					 admission to practice, other than applicants for admission without examination
					 pursuant to section
					 520.10 of this Part, or applicants
					 who qualify for the bar examination under section 520.4 or
					 520.5 of this Part, shall
					 demonstrate that the applicant possesses the skills and values necessary to
					 provide effective, ethical and responsible legal services in this State. An
					 applicant may satisfy this requirement by submitting proof of compliance with
					 one of the following five subdivisions.
(1) Law school certification of
					 competence in skills and professional values
(i) An applicant may submit from an
					 American Bar Association-approved law school a certification confirming that:
(a) the law school has
					 developed a plan identifying and incorporating into its curriculum the skills
					 and professional values that, in the school's judgment, are required for its
					 graduates' basic competence and ethical participation in the legal profession,
					 as required by American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure for
					 the Approval of Law Schools Standard 302(b), (c) and (d), and has made this
					 plan publicly available on the law school's website; and
(b) the applicant has acquired
					 sufficient competency in those skills and sufficient familiarity with those
					 values.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.1 - General regulation as to licensing

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(a) In its discretion the Appellate
					 Division of the Supreme Court, pursuant to subdivision 6 of section
					 53 of the
					 Judiciary Law, may license to practice as a legal consultant, without
					 examination, an applicant who:
(1) is a member in good standing of a
					 recognized legal profession in a foreign country, the members of which are
					 admitted to practice as attorneys or counselors at law or the equivalent and
					 are subject to effective regulation and discipline by a duly constituted
					 professional body or a public authority;
(2) for at least three of the five years
					 immediately preceding his or her application, has been a member in good
					 standing of such legal profession and has actually been engaged in the practice
					 of law in such foreign country or elsewhere substantially involving or relating
					 to the rendering of advice or the provision of legal services concerning the
					 law of such foreign country;
(3) possesses the good moral character
					 and general fitness requisite for a member of the bar of this State;
(4) is over 26 years of age;
					 and
(5) intends to
					 practice as a legal consultant in this State and to maintain an office in this
					 State for that purpose.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.2 - Proof required

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An applicant under this Part shall file
						with the clerk of the Appellate Division in the department in which he or she
						resides or intends to practice:
(a) a certificate from the professional
					 body or public authority in such foreign country having final jurisdiction over
					 professional discipline, certifying as to the applicant's admission to practice
					 and the date thereof, and as to his or her good standing as such attorney or
					 counselor at law or the equivalent;
(b) a letter of recommendation from one
					 of the members of the executive body of such professional body or public
					 authority or from one of the judges of the highest law court or court of
					 original jurisdiction of such foreign country;
(c) if either such certificate or such
					 letter is not in English, an English translation that either is duly
					 authenticated or includes a statement by the translator setting forth the
					 translator's qualifications and certifying that the translation is accurate;
					 and
(d) such other
					 evidence as to the nature and extent of the applicant's educational and
					 professional qualifications, good moral character and general fitness, and
					 compliance with the requirements of section
					 521.1 of this Part as such
					 Appellate Division may require.
(e) Upon a showing that strict
					 compliance with the provisions of subdivision (a) or (b) of this section would
					 cause the applicant unnecessary hardship, such Appellate Division may in its
					 discretion waive or vary the application of such provisions and permit the
					 applicant to furnish other evidence in lieu thereof.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.3 - Scope of practice

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A person licensed to practice as a legal
						consultant under this Part may render legal services in this State; subject,
						however, to the limitations that he or she shall not:
(a) appear for a person other
					 than himself or herself as attorney in any court, or before any magistrate or
					 other judicial officer, in this State (other than upon admission pro hac vice
					 pursuant to section
					 520.11 of this Title);
(b) prepare any instrument
					 effecting instrument effecting the transfer or registration of title to real
					 estate located in the United States of America;
(c) prepare:
(1) any will or trust
					 instrument effecting the disposition on death of any property located in the
					 United States of America and owned by a resident thereof; or
(2) any instrument relating to
					 the administration of a decedent's estate in the United States of
					 America;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.4 - Rights and obligations

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Subject to the limitations set forth in
						section 521.3 of this Part, a person
						licensed as a legal consultant under this Rule shall be considered a lawyer
						affiliated with the bar of this State and shall be entitled and subject
						to:
(a) the rights and
					 obligations set forth in the applicable New York Rules of Professional Conduct
					 or arising from the other conditions and requirements that apply to a member of
					 the bar of this State under the rules of court governing members of the
					 bar;
(b) the rights
					 and obligations of a member of the bar of this State with respect to:
(1) affiliation in the same law
					 firm with one or more members of the bar of this State, including by:
(i) employing one or more
					 members of the bar of this State;
(ii) being employed by one or more
					 members of the bar of this State or by any partnership or professional
					 corporation which includes members of the bar of this State or which maintains
					 an office in this State; and
(iii) being a partner in any partnership
					 or shareholder in any professional corporation which includes members of the
					 bar of this State or which maintains an office in this State; and
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.5 - Disciplinary provisions

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A person licensed to practice as a legal
						consultant under this Rule shall be subject to professional discipline in the
						same manner and to the same extent as members of the bar of this State and to
						this end:
(a) Every
					 person licensed to practice as a legal consultant under this Part:
(1) shall be subject to control
					 by the Supreme Court and to censure, suspension, removal or revocation of his
					 or her license to practice by the Appellate Division and shall otherwise be
					 governed by subdivisions 2 through 10 of section
					 90 of the
					 Judiciary Law; and
(2) shall execute and file with the
					 Appellate Division, in the department in which he or she is licensed, in such
					 form and manner as such Appellate Division may prescribe:
(i) his or her commitment to
					 observe the applicable New York Rules of Professional Conduct and the rules of
					 court governing members of the bar to the extent applicable to the legal
					 services authorized under section
					 521.3 of this Part;
(ii) an undertaking or
					 appropriate evidence of professional liability insurance, in such amount as
					 such Appellate Division may prescribe, to assure his or her proper professional
					 conduct and responsibility;
(iii) a written undertaking to notify
					 the court of any change in such person's good standing as a member of the
					 foreign legal profession referred to in section
					 521.1(a)(1) of
					 this Part and of any final action of the professional body or public authority
					 referred to in section
					 521.2(a) of this
					 Part imposing any disciplinary censure, suspension, or other sanction upon such
					 person; and
(iv) a
					 duly acknowledged instrument, in writing, setting forth his or her address in
					 this State and designating the clerk of such Appellate Division as his or her
					 agent upon whom process may be served, with like effect as if served personally
					 upon him or her, in any action or proceeding thereafter brought against him or
					 her and arising out of or based upon any legal services rendered or offered to
					 be rendered by him or her within or to residents of this State, whenever after
					 due diligence service cannot be made upon him or her at such address or at such
					 new address in this State as he or she shall have filed in the office of such
					 clerk by means of a duly acknowledged supplemental instrument in
					 writing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.6 - Separate authority

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Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to
						limit or otherwise affect the provisions of section
						520.6 of this
						Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.7 - Application for waiver of rules

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The Court of Appeals, upon application, may
						in its discretion vary the application of or waive any provision of these rules
						where strict compliance will cause undue hardship to the applicant. Such
						application shall be in the form of a verified petition setting forth the
						applicant's name, age and residence address, the facts relied upon and a prayer
						for relief.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 521 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Licensing Of Legal Consultants › Section 521.8 - Revocation of license

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In the event that the Appellate Division
						determines that a person licensed as a legal consultant under this Part no
						longer meets the requirements for licensing set forth in section
						521.1(a) (1) or
						section 521.1(a)(3), or
						the registration and reporting requirements established pursuant to section
						521.4(c) of this
						Part, it shall revoke the license granted to such person
						hereunder.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.1 - Registration of In-House Counsel

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(a)
					 In-House Counsel defined. An in-house counsel is an attorney who is employed
					 full time or part time in this State by a nongovernmental corporation,
					 partnership, association, or other legal entity, including its subsidiaries and
					 organizational affiliates, that is not itself engaged in the practice of law or
					 the rendering of legal services outside such organization. An attorney is not
					 required to reside in New York State or an adjacent state in order to register
					 under this Part.
(b) In its
					 discretion, and in accordance with Section
					 522.1(a), the
					 Appellate Division may register as in-house counsel an applicant who:
(1)
(i) has
					 been admitted to practice in the highest law court in any other state or
					 territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia; or
(ii) is a member in good standing of a
					 recognized legal profession in a foreign jurisdiction, the members of which are
					 admitted to practice as lawyers or counselors at law or the equivalent and
					 subject to effective regulation by a duly constituted professional body or
					 public authority where such an authority both exists and holds in good standing
					 compliant members employed as in-house counsel; or
(iii) where no such authority exists, or
					 where such authority exists but suspends the membership of members employed as
					 in-house counsel, is trained and licensed as a lawyer in a foreign jurisdiction
					 and eligible to join the bar of such foreign jurisdiction, if such bar exists,
					 or is otherwise eligible to engage in the private practice of law in such
					 jurisdiction, upon ceasing to be employed as in-house counsel;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.2 - Proof required

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An applicant under this Part shall file with the Clerk of
						the Appellate Division of the department in which the applicant resides, is
						employed or intends to be employed as in-house counsel:
(a)
(1) a
					 certificate of good standing from each jurisdiction in which the applicant is
					 licensed to practice law; or
(2) if
					 the foreign jurisdiction in which the applicant is licensed to practice law
					 does not issue such certificates, an affidavit along with relevant supporting
					 documentation confirming that the applicant is trained as a lawyer and eligible
					 to join the bar of such foreign jurisdiction, if such a bar exists, or is
					 otherwise eligible to engage in the private practice of law in such
					 jurisdiction, upon ceasing to be employed as in house-counsel;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.3 - Compliance

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An attorney registered as in-house counsel under this
						Part shall:
(a)
(1) remain an active member in good standing
					 in at least one state or territory of the United States or in the District of
					 Columbia or a foreign jurisdiction as described in section
					 522.1(b)(1);
					 or
(2) if the attorney has never
					 obtained such membership by virtue of having spent the attorney's entire career
					 as in-house counsel in a jurisdiction in which in-house counsel are not
					 required or permitted to have such membership, or the attorney's membership in
					 a foreign jurisdiction has been suspended because of the attorney's employment
					 as in-house counsel, the attorney will remain eligible to join the bar of such
					 foreign jurisdiction, if such a bar exists, or otherwise remain eligible to
					 engage in the private practice of law in such jurisdiction upon ceasing to be
					 employed as in-house counsel;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.4 - Scope of legal services

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An attorney registered as in-house counsel
						under this Part shall:
(a) provide legal services in this State
					 only to the single employer entity or its organizational affiliates, including
					 entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the
					 employer entity, and to employees, officers and directors of such entities, but
					 only on matters directly related to the attorney's work for the employer
					 entity, and to the extent consistent with the New York Rules of Professional
					 Conduct;
(b) not make
					 appearances in this State before a tribunal, as that term is defined in the New
					 York Rules of Professional Conduct (22 NYCRR 1200.0 Rule 1.0[w]) or engage in
					 any activity for which pro hac vice admission would be required if engaged in
					 by an attorney who is not admitted to the practice of law in this
					 State;
(c) not
					 provide personal or individual legal services to any customers, shareholders,
					 owners, partners, officers, employees or agents of the identified employer;
					 and
(d) not hold
					 oneself out as an attorney admitted to practice in this State except on the
					 employer's letterhead with a limiting designation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.5 - Termination of registration

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(a)
					 Registration as in-house counsel under this Part shall terminate when:
(1) the attorney ceases to be an active
					 member in another jurisdiction or otherwise qualified under section
					 522.1(b);
					 or
(2) the attorney ceases to be an
					 employee of the employer listed on the attorney's application, provided,
					 however, that if such attorney, within 30 days of ceasing to be such an
					 employee, becomes employed by another employer for which such attorney shall
					 perform legal services as in-house counsel, such attorney may request continued
					 registration under this Part by filing within said 30-day period with the
					 appropriate Appellate Division department an affidavit to such effect, stating
					 the dates on which the prior employment ceased and the new employment
					 commenced, identifying the new employer and reaffirming that the attorney will
					 provide legal services in this State solely and exclusively as permitted in
					 section 522.4. The attorney shall also
					 file an affidavit or affirmation of the new employer as described in section
					 522.2(d) and
					 shall file an amended statement within said 30-day period with the Office of
					 Court Administration.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.6 - Subsequent admission on motion

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Where a person registered under this Part
						subsequently seeks to obtain admission without examination under section
						520.10 of this Title, the
						provision of legal services under this Part shall not be deemed to be the
						practice of law for the purpose of meeting the requirements of section
						520.10(a)(2)(i)
						of this Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.7 - Saving Clause and Noncompliance

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(a) An
					 attorney employed as in-house counsel, as that term is defined in section
					 522.1(a), shall
					 file an application in accordance with section
					 522.2 within 90 days of the later
					 of commencement of such employment or April 15, 2020;
(b) An application filed within the period
					 required by section
					 522.7(a) shall be
					 deemed to be timely whether or not the Appellate Division acts on the
					 application within that period;
(c)
					 Failure to comply with the provisions of this Part shall be deemed professional
					 misconduct, provided, however, that the Appellate Division may upon application
					 of the attorney grant an extension upon good cause shown.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 522 - Rules Of The Court Of Appeals For The Registration Of In-house Counsel › Section 522.8 - Pro bono legal services

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Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in section
						522.4 of this Part, an attorney
						registered as in-house counsel under this Part may provide pro bono legal
						services in this State in accordance with New York Rules of Professional
						Conduct (22 NYCRR 1200.0) rule 6.1(b) and other comparable definitions of pro
						bono legal services in New York under the following terms and conditions. An
						attorney providing pro bono legal services under this section:
(a) shall either
(1) be admitted to practice and in good
					 standing in another state or territory of the United States or in the District
					 of Columbia and possess the good moral character and general fitness requisite
					 for a member of the bar of this State, as evidenced by the attorney's
					 registration pursuant to section
					 522.1(b) of this
					 Part; or
(2) be a foreign attorney
					 registered pursuant to section
					 522.1(b) of this
					 Part, in which event the attorney shall only provide such pro bono legal
					 services under the direct supervision of a duly registered New York
					 lawyer;
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 523 - Rules of the Court of Appeals For The Temporary Practice of Law in New York › Section 523.1 - General regulation as to lawyers admitted in another jurisdiction

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A lawyer who is not admitted to practice in this State
						shall not:
(a) except as authorized by
					 other rules or law such as section
					 523.5 below, establish an office
					 or other systematic and continuous presence in this State for the practice of
					 law; or
(b) hold out to the public
					 or otherwise represent that the lawyer is admitted to practice law in this
					 State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 523 - Rules of the Court of Appeals For The Temporary Practice of Law in New York › Section 523.2 - Scope of temporary practice

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(a) A lawyer who is not admitted to
					 practice in this State may provide legal services on a temporary basis in this
					 State provided the following requirements are met.
(1) The lawyer is admitted or authorized
					 to practice law in a state or territory of the United States or in the District
					 of Columbia, or is a member of a recognized legal profession in a non-United
					 States jurisdiction, the members of which are admitted or authorized to
					 practice as attorneys or counselors at law or the equivalent and are subject to
					 effective regulation and discipline by a duly constituted professional body or
					 a public authority; and
(2) the lawyer is in good standing in
					 every jurisdiction where admitted or authorized to practice; and
(3) the temporary legal
					 services provided by the lawyer could be provided in a jurisdiction where the
					 lawyer is admitted or authorized to practice and may generally be provided by a
					 lawyer admitted to practice in this State, and such temporary legal services:
(i) are undertaken in
					 association with a lawyer admitted to practice in this State who actively
					 participates in, and assumes joint responsibility for, the matter; or
(ii) are in or reasonably
					 related to a pending or potential proceeding before a tribunal in this or
					 another jurisdiction, if the lawyer or a person the lawyer is assisting is
					 authorized by law or order to appear in such proceeding or reasonably expects
					 to be so authorized; or
(iii) are in or reasonably related to a
					 pending or potential arbitration, mediation or other alternative dispute
					 resolution proceeding held or to be held in this or another jurisdiction, if
					 the services are not services for which the forum requires pro hac vice
					 admission; or
(iv)
					 are not within paragraph (3)(ii) or (3)(iii) and arise out of or are reasonably
					 related to the lawyer's practice in a jurisdiction in which the lawyer is
					 admitted or authorized to practice.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 523 - Rules of the Court of Appeals For The Temporary Practice of Law in New York › Section 523.3 - Disciplinary authority

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A lawyer who practices law temporarily in
						this State pursuant to this Part shall be subject to the New York Rules of
						Professional Conduct and to the disciplinary authority of this State in
						connection with such temporary practice to the same extent as if the lawyer
						were admitted or authorized to practice in the State. A grievance committee may
						report complaints and evidence of a disciplinary violation against a lawyer
						practicing temporarily pursuant to this Part to the appropriate disciplinary
						authority of any jurisdiction in which the attorney is admitted or authorized
						to practice law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 523 - Rules of the Court of Appeals For The Temporary Practice of Law in New York › Section 523.4 - Annual report

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On or before the first of September of each
						year, the Office of Court Administration shall file an annual report with the
						Chief Judge reviewing the implementation of this rule and making such
						recommendations as it deems appropriate.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 523 - Rules of the Court of Appeals For The Temporary Practice of Law in New York › Section 523.5 - Working from home

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A lawyer who is not admitted to practice in this State
						but who is authorized to practice law in one or more other jurisdictions
						identified in section
						523.2(a)(1), may
						practice law from a temporary or permanent residence or other temporary or
						permanent location in this State to the same extent that such lawyer is
						permitted to practice law in the jurisdiction(s) where the lawyer is duly
						admitted or authorized, provided:
(a)
					 the lawyer does not practice the law of this State except to the extent
					 permitted by this Part, by other laws of this State, and by the laws of
					 jurisdictions in which the lawyer is authorized to practice;
(b) the lawyer does not use advertising, oral
					 representations, business letterhead, websites, signage, business cards, email
					 signature blocks or other communications to hold themselves out, publicly or
					 privately, as authorized to practice law in this State or as having an office
					 for the practice of law in this State;
(c) the lawyer does not solicit or accept
					 residents or citizens of New York as clients on matters that the lawyer knows
					 primarily require advice on the state or local law of New York, except as
					 permitted by 22 NYCRR section
					 522.4 (the in-house registration
					 rule) or by other New York or federal law;
(d) the lawyer does not regularly conduct
					 in-person meetings with clients or third persons in New York except as would
					 otherwise be permitted under section
					 523.2 of this Part; and
(e) when the lawyer knows or reasonably
					 should know that a person with whom the lawyer is dealing mistakenly believes
					 that the lawyer is authorized to practice in this State, the lawyer shall make
					 diligent efforts to correct the misunderstanding.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.1 - Temporary authorization for supervised practice of law. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in its discretion, may

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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in its
						discretion, may authorize certain law school graduates to engage in the
						supervised practice of law in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
						These provisions have been adopted in recognition of the impact of the
						coronavirus health emergency, including the postponement of the July 2020 New
						York State bar examination.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.2 - Eligibility of law graduates for temporary authorization

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To be eligible for authorization to engage in the
						supervised practice of law pursuant to this Part, the applicant must:
(a) have received a first degree in law or
					 LL.M. degree from a law school that is approved by the American Bar
					 Association,
(b) be qualified to
					 take the New York State bar examination pursuant to the Rules for the Admission
					 of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law (22 NYCRR Part 520),
(c) not have previously failed a bar
					 examination in New York or any other state or territory of the United States,
					 or in the District of Columbia, and
(d) be employed to engage in the practice of
					 law in New York.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.3 - Scope of supervised practice

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(a) With
					 the approval of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, the applicant is
					 authorized to perform, under the supervision of a supervising attorney and
					 subject to the terms of the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme
					 Court, and subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) below, the
					 functions of an attorney and counselor-at-law throughout the State.
(b) Limitations on authorized practice.
(1) A supervising attorney shall be actually
					 present to supplement or correct any written or oral statement, or any action
					 of the applicant in all (i) examinations before trial and (ii) cases in which
					 the applicant appears before a court, except for routine calendar calls. If a
					 supervising attorney is not available and present, the matter may not proceed.
					 For routine calendar calls, a supervising attorney shall be immediately
					 available to appear should the need arise. In all circumstances, the
					 applicant's appearance shall be on notice to the jurist before whom the
					 appearance is made.
(2) A
					 supervising attorney must approve the final versions of all legal and
					 litigation documents drafted by the applicant, and the supervising attorney's
					 name must appear thereon. Where a signature is required by section 130 of the
					 Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR Part 130), the paper
					 shall be signed by a qualified supervisor.
(3) The applicant may not open or maintain
					 any attorney escrow account and may not be a signatory on any attorney escrow
					 account.
(4) The applicant may not
					 finally dispose of any matter without the prior approval of a supervising
					 attorney.
(5) Whenever appearing
					 before the Court of Appeals or the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, the
					 applicant must secure prior Court approval.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.4 - Supervising attorney

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For purposes of section
						524.3, a supervising attorney must
						be an attorney duly admitted to practice in the State of New York for a period
						of at least three years and who is in good standing of the bar of the State of
						New York.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.5 - Application for authorization

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The applicant shall apply for authorization to the
						Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the department in which the
						applicant expects to be certified for admission by the New York State Board of
						Law Examiners pursuant to section
						520.7(a) of the
						Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and
						Counselors-at-Law (22 NYCRR 520.7). The application shall be supported by an
						employer affidavit certifying understanding of this Part's requirements and
						compliance therewith.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.6 - Disciplinary authority

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An applicant who practices law temporarily in this State
						pursuant to this Part shall be subject to the New York Rules of Professional
						Conduct and to the disciplinary authority of this State in connection with such
						temporary practice to the same extent as if the applicant were admitted or
						authorized to practice in the State. A grievance committee may report
						complaints and evidence of a disciplinary violation against an applicant
						practicing temporarily pursuant to this Part to the department of the Appellate
						Division of the Supreme Court in which the applicant applied for
						authorization.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter I - Court of Appeals › Subchapter C - Rules for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law › Part 524 - Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Temporary Authorization of Certain Law graduates To Engage in the Supervised Practice of Lawin New York › Section 524.7 - Termination of authorization

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Authorization granted under the provisions of this Part
						shall terminate upon the first to occur of the following:
(a) revocation of this Part,
(b) revocation of authorization, for good
					 cause, by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court,
(c) termination of the applicant's employment
					 to engage in the practice of law in New York,
(d) notification that the applicant has
					 failed to pass a bar examination administered in New York or any other state or
					 territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia,
(e) failure of the applicant to sit for an
					 administration of the Uniform Bar Examination by August 2021,
(f) failure of the applicant to submit a
					 completed Application for Admission to Practice as an Attorney and
					 Counselor-at-Law in the State of New York to the applicable Appellate Division
					 of the Supreme Court within four weeks of notification that the applicant has
					 passed the Uniform Bar Examination or failure, following the submission of such
					 completed Application, to timely respond to any request for additional
					 materials, or
(g) notification that
					 a recommendation has been made to the applicable Committee on Character and
					 Fitness to disapprove the applicant's application for admission.