Rule 9401. Committee. The appellate division in each judicial department shall appoint a committee of not less than three practicing lawyers for each judicial district within the department, for the purpose of investigating the character and fitness of every applicant for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the courts of […]
Rule 9402. Application for admission. Every application for admission to practice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision one of section ninety of the judiciary law by a person who has been certified by the state board of law examiners, in accordance with the provisions of section four hundred sixty-four of said law, […]
Rule 9403. Referral to another judicial district. Notwithstanding rule 9402, any application for admission to practice pending before a committee, may be referred to the committee for another judicial district in the same or another department by order or direction of the presiding justice of the appellate division of the department embracing the district in […]
Rule 9404. Certificate of character and fitness. Unless otherwise ordered by the appellate division, no person shall be admitted to practice without a certificate from the proper committee that it has carefully investigated the character and fitness of the applicant and that, in such respects, he is entitled to admission. To enable the committee to […]
Rule 9405. Prior application. In the event that any applicant has made a prior application for admission to practice in this state or in any other jurisdiction, then upon said statement or questionnaire or in an accompanying signed statement, he shall set forth in detail all the facts with respect to such prior application and […]
Rule 9406. Proof. No person shall receive said certificate from any committee and no person shall be admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the courts of this state, unless he shall furnish satisfactory proof to the effect: 1. that he supports the constitutions of the United States and of the […]
Rule 9407. Filing. Every application for admission to practice, together with all the papers submitted thereon, upon its final disposition by the appellate division shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such appellate division.
