General

Phone Number

518-453-5990

Email Address

None provided

Diploma Privilege

No

Prelegal education requirements

No

Legal education requirements

4 Routes (Section 520.3 – 520.6, 520.17 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals):
1. Applicant graduated from a US law school which at all times during the period of applicant’s attendance was ABA approved.
2. A combination of law school study at an ABA approved law school and law office study.
3. Graduation from an unapproved US law school with a JD and practice in a jurisdiction where the applicant has been admitted for 5 of the 7 years immediately preceding application to sit for the New York bar examination.
4. Successful completion of a program of study at a law school outside of the US that is both durationally and substantively equivalent to a program of study at an approved US law school, and if required, successful completion of an additional program of study at an approved US law school.
5. Students in their final year of JD program at an ABA approved law school may qualify to sit for the February bar examination in return for devoting their last semester of study to performing pro bono legal services through an approved program.

Registration requirements, if applicable.

N/A

Registration fee, if applicable.

N/A

Limit on attempts?

No limit

Fee(s)

$250 – Section 520.3 (JD received from an ABA approved law school); $250 – Section 520.4 (law office study); $250 – Section 520.5 (unapproved law school); $750 – Section 520.6 (study of law in foreign country); $250 – Section 520.17 (Pro Bono Scholars Program)

Are laptops allowed/required?

Allowed

Laptop fee?

100

Is courtesy seating allowed?

No

Transfer fee?

$50

Day-of Testing Procedures

An applicant testing at a Pearson VUE testing center must present a government-issued primary ID and a secondary ID. The primary ID must include a first and last name, recent recognizable photo, and signature. The secondary ID must include at least a first and last name and signature or first and last name and recent recognizable photo. The first and last name used to register must match exactly both IDs presented on test day. Any name corrections must be submitted through the NCBE Account Dashboard at least 48 hours before the first day of the test administration. Before entering the test room, Pearson VUE will collect a digital photograph and digital signature to verify identity. The applicant must consent to the NCBE Candidate Rules Agreement, which in part requires that if the applicant uses the restroom during testing, they must use “the restroom that is closest to the testing room” and pat themselves down (arms, legs, waistline) when leaving and re-entering the testing room. Applicants must also pat themselves down before entering the test room for the first time.

What security measures can applicants expect? Metal detectors? Bag search?

See – https://www.nybarexam.org/Security/Security.htm