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Section 670.6(e) (Motions for admission pro hac vice) of the Second Judicial Department Rules of Procedure and Instructions provide the rule and procedures regarding admission for attorneys licensed in other jurisdictions who are seeking pro hac vice admission. It is within the court’s discretion whether to admit the attorney pro hac vice.

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Section 602.2 (Admission pro hac vice of foreign attorneys and counselors at law) of the First Judicial Department Rules of Procedure provides the rule regarding admission for attorneys licensed in other jurisdictions who are seeking pro hac vice admission.Īttorneys must be admitted in another state, territory, district or foreign country and mayīe admitted pro hac vice to participate in the trial or argument of a particular cause where the attorney is employed. Attorneys are also subject to the jurisdiction of New York courts with respect to any acts occurring during the course of the attorney’s participation in the matter.

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This includes the rules of court governing the conduct of attorneys and the Rules of Professional Conduct. The representation cannot last longer than 18 months.Īttorneys must be familiar with, and comply with, the standards of professional conduct imposed upon members of the New York Bar. 495 of the Judiciary Law (Legal Services Organizations – See Above) or during employment with a District Attorney, Corporation Counsel, or the Attorney General. Applicants must be engaged to advise or represent the client through participation in an organization described in Subdiv. Applicants must be in good standing as an attorney and counselor-at-law or the equivalent of the bar of another state, territory, district, or foreign country. Eligible graduate students and assistants may advise and represent clients or participate in any matter during the continuance of the individual’s enrollment as a graduate student or assistant in an approved law school in New York. The Appellate Division, in its discretion, may allow graduate students or graduate assistants at approved law schools in New York may be admitted pro hac vice. Graduate Students and Graduate Assistants. The representation cannot last longer than 18 months. The legal services organizations include organizations that offer prepaid legal services non-profit organizations whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized and operating primarily for a purpose other than the provision of legal services and which furnish legal services as an incidental activity to further their primary purpose or to organizations that have as their primary purpose the furnishing of legal services to indigent persons. 495 of the Judiciary Law (Legal Services Organizations) or during employment with a District Attorney, Corporation Counsel, or the Attorney General. The Appellate Division, in its discretion, provided the attorney graduated from an approved law school, may allow attorneys to advise and represent clients and participate in any matter during the continuance of the attorney’s employment or association with an organization described in Subdiv. Attorneys must associate with an attorney who is a member in good standing of the New York Bar, who must be the attorney of record in the matter, before being admitted pro hac vice and participating in pre-trial or trial proceedings.Ĭorporate Counsel, District Attorney/Attorney General, Legal Services Organizations. The court of record, in its discretion, may grant pro hac vice admission.

General Rule – § 520.11Īll attorneys must be members in good standing in another state, territory, district or foreign country. These attorneys include corporate counsel, district attorneys and attorneys general, attorneys working for legal services organizations, graduate students and graduate assistants, and law school professors. Overall, the rules allow for an 18-month pro hac vice period for certain types of attorneys. Attorneys must also consult the rules and procedures for the particular New York Appellate Division Judicial Department where they seek pro hac vice admission as well as the clerk of court.

Section 520.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals for Attorney Admission provides the general rule regarding admission for attorneys licensed in other jurisdictions who are seeking pro hac vice admission.