N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 1029.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 1029.1 - Applications for licenses as legal consultants; referral to committee on character and fitness

(a) The committee on character and fitness appointed by this court for each judicial district in this department to investigate the character and fitness of applicants for admission to practice as attorneys and counselors-at-law in the courts of this State is hereby also authorized to investigate the qualifications and the character and fitness of applicants for licenses to practice as legal consultants pursuant to the Judiciary Law (§ 53, subd. 6) and the rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR Part 521).

(b) Every applicant for a license to practice as a legal consultant shall complete, verify and file with the clerk of this court the standard form of questionnaire, and shall comply with all the other requirements, prescribed for that purpose by this court.

(c) Every application in this department for such a license shall be referred to the committee on character and fitness for the judicial district in which the applicant actually resides at the time of such application, and, unless otherwise ordered by the court, no such license shall be granted without a certificate from such committee that it has found that the applicant possesses the qualifications and the character and fitness required therefor.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 22 § 1029.1