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NY Bar

sh_o · 2010-01-23 20:23:00

Hi, Not sure if this has been asked before, if it has please direct me to it and close accordingly. If I have a degree in another area and then completed the Diploma in Legal Studies in Kings inns followed by the BL degree am I entitled to sit the NY bar? If I recall correctly, as a practicing barrister, you can apply to…

23-01-2010 8:23pm

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sh_o

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Hi,
Not sure if this has been asked before, if it has please direct me to it and close accordingly.
If I have a degree in another area and then completed the Diploma in Legal Studies in Kings inns followed by the BL degree am I entitled to sit the NY bar?

If I recall correctly, as a practicing barrister, you can apply to sit the california bar whereas new york are more concerned with the durational equivilant of the legal education.

Has anyone here applied through that route before?

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#2 23-01-2010 11:26pm

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Rules are here:
http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/520rules.htm#6

Not sure if inns diploma satisfies as two years legal aducation plus being admitted

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