Brooklyn Law School - Chancellor Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ich na- of ext be nay an red Ose 'ees nis- ble the 'ear ing the der of nts the 31. the be ear ess 'ed ,ed 2211? CHANGE OF RESIDENCE XVHILE AWAITING ADMISSION Although a residence of six months within the state, prior to the date of the Bar Examination, must be established for eligibility to such examination, yet no person may apply for admission to the Bar unless he is a bona fide resident of the department in which his application for admission is made and has been such for six monthsg also, he must still be a resident of that department when sworn in. A change in residence from one department to another, while awaiting admission to the Bar, necessitates a re-commencement of the required six months period. APPEARANCE BEFORE COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS The Rules of the Courttof Appeals permit an applicant to file ani application for admission to the Bar with the Committee on Character and Fitness forty days before the completion of the period of clerkship, subject to the completion of that clerkship before certification by such committee. The application papers may be obtained from the Secretary of the Committee on Character and Fitness in the department of the applicant's residence, upon presentation of a certificate from the State Board of Law Examiners, and a certified copy of the certincate of commencement of clerkship, in cases where clerkship service is required by rules. After the announcement of the successful Bar Examination candidates, the State Board of Law Examiners recommends to the Committees on Character and Fitness the applicants for admission who reside in their-respective departments. ' tSince the Committees on Character and Fitness of the First and Second Departments serve the metropolitan area where many applicants reside, the procedure for admission in those two departments is given.J C FIRST DEPARTMENT Appellate Division Courthouse: 51 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. A . ffor New York and Bronx Countiesj . In this department, all contacts with the candidates for admission to the Bar are made through the New York Law journal. No personal inquiries are received at the ofiice of the committee. After each Bar Examination, the successful candidates for admission are summoned, through'the New York Law journal, to call at the office of the Character Committee, 51 Madison Avenue, New York City, to obtain from the Secretary their requisite papers and instructions for admission. A date for the filing of these papers is subsequently published in the New York Law journal, and the candidates papers must be filed as directed. Each affidavit must have the proper venue and jurat. When the Committee on Character and Fitness has approved these applications, the candidates are recommended to the Appellate Division for admission to the Bar. The candidates are again re- quested, through the medium of the New York Law journal, to appear on a specified date to take the oath of admission to be administered by the Appellate Division of the First Judicial Department. In this department no introduction of the candidate to a member of the Committee on Character .. . , I ' h . ku and Fitness is required. Each candidate must be sponsored by an attorney w o 1S own both to a member of the committee and to the candidate, or by an employer who in turn is sponsored by an attorney known to a member of the committee and also to such employer.

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h l'cant is not ineligible under Rule 10 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals Qwhich also that t e app 1 . i t relates to lapse of required time between Bar Examination attemp sj . E ination will not be eligible for re-examina-i Those who fail to pass either all or part of the Bar xam . th mination is for the initial attempt only. Applicants who fail both parts of tion in June, at exa ' . the june examination shall not be eligible for the October examination, but may take part the next M h examination' applicants who fail one part of the June examination may be succeeding arc , Q , , A re examined in that part in October g applicants who fail half or all the October examination may take the March examination. After the third successive failure to pass the Bar Examination, an applicant may not take the next two successive examinations. CLERKSHIP Graduates of colleges or universities approved by the State Department of Education are not required to serve a clerkship before being admitted to the Bar. This waiver of clerkship applies both to those who had been awarded their degrees before admission to law school, and to those whose degrees were conferred during their period of law study, or at any time: prior to the application for admis- sion to the Bar. Non-college graduates shall serve a regular clerkship for at least one year before being eligible for admission to the Bar. The present Rules of the Court of Appeals make no stipulation as to the time of such service, i.e. before or after the Bar Examination. Clerkship may not be accredited if served concurrent with law school attendance. The school year at the Brooklyn Law School oliicially ends. on May 31st. Clerkship time may be counted beginning june lst. . When clerkship is commenced, a certificate of commencement of clerkship should be sent, to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals at Albany, N. Y. This certificate is prepared by the attorney under whose immediate supervision the clerkship is served. The form may be obtained from the set of bar application blanks, from the formfbooks or from legal stationers. Since clerkship time counts only from the date of the filing of the certificate, it isadvisable to obtain a certified copy of the certificate of commencement of clerkship from the Clerk of the Court of Appeals for a fee of 351. This certificate gives the exact date of tiling and may be used in proof of clerkship-time for the Committee on Character and Fitness. No application for the filing of a certificate of commencement of clerkship mme pro mm' will be entertained by the Court of Appeals. Not more than four weeks vacation Qnot the same as one monthj' may be taken within the ear of prescribed clerkship. ' ' Y Ifhflrlf Clifkship be interrupted, it is discretionary with the Committees on Character and Fitness w e er t e time already served can be counted toward clerkship time. N - l - OH C0 lege graduates maj Offer H fourth year of law study fthe graduate coursej in an approved l h 1 - . aw sc oo as the full equivalent of the required year of clerkship, provided the course prescribed for the d t C1 . of timeigfa 11216 egree be successfully completed. This course need not be taken in one year

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A . SECOND DEPARTMENT I Room 916, Ivlunicipal Building, Brooklyn, N. Y. ffor Kings, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk and Richmond Countiesj th C mmittee on Character and Fitness of this department receives from the State Board When e o of Law Examiners the names of the successful Bar Examination candidates, the committee sends ' d th committee and must registration cards to such candidates. They must return the car s to e state thereon if they are exempt from clerkship, or if not, the date of completion of their clerkship. These cards are then classiiied according to the prospective dates of eligibility for admission. Those who are exempt from clerkship or whose clerkships have been served, receive personal notice to appear in groups to receive blanks for- admission and instructions. The necessity for proper venues and jurats in the ailidavits is stressed. . - In this department, each candidate must be introduced personally to a member of the Committee on Character and Fitness by an attorney known to both. Q When the instructions issued' by the Committee on Character and Fitness have been followed, each candidate, when eligiblelfor admission, files his papers in the office of the Committee on Character and Fitness. A copy of the questionnaire which was submitted at the time of registration in law school must be submitted as a part of the applicationf papers. In due course, each candidate is notified by post card of the time and place when he is to appear before one member of the Committee on Character and Fitness to be examined by him. If hisexamina- tion is successful, then he is summoned before the entire Committee on Character and Fitness, and if final approval is granted by this committee, he is told when to appear before the Appellate Divi+ sion to be sworn in. ADMISSION TO THE BAR On the date set for the admission of the candidates whose moral and general fitness has been certid fied by the Committee on Character and Fitness, the candidates present themselves to the Court of the Appellate Division at the time specified. The oath of allegiance to the United States is then taken, the oath of admission to the Bar admin- istered, and the Roll of Attorneys is signed. A formal certificate of admission to the Bar ma ' . ybe obta df h Cl k - sion, the fee for which is 35. me rom t Q er of the Appellate Dm Qs the finall step, an oath, prepared and executed by each candidate, attesting his admission must e sent to t e Clerk of the Court of Appeals. This oath should be accompanied by 21 fee of twenty- five cents An aclcnowled ' ' ' i - gment of its receipt is sent b the Cl k d ' is thus licensed to practice law. Y er , an the newly admitted attorney V