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I'm a little confused about bar reciprocity, hoping to get some help on here. I'm a barred Alabama lawyer, been practicing for 2 years and I want to move to New York. I see that New York state court has a requirement that a lawyer be practicing for 5-7 years before that lawyer may practice in New York state court.

If I'm barred in AL, not NY, can I still appear in NY state court if I haven't been actively practicing for 5-7 years? (say pro hac vice or with an approving attorney or something?)

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I'm not quite sure I understand your question, but aren't Alabama and New York both UBE states, which obviates any experience requirement to get licensed in New York? I know both states adopted the UBE recently, so maybe you took the bar before Alabama adopted the UBE?

EDM wrote:I'm not quite sure I understand your question, but aren't Alabama and New York both UBE states, which obviates any experience requirement to get licensed in New York? I know both states adopted the UBE recently, so maybe you took the bar before Alabama adopted the UBE?

No, you're correct. OP presumably took the bar after July 2011 (UBE's first administration in AL). So, as long as the exam was taken within the past 3 year, and OP received a 266 (AL pass score is 260), OP can waive in with his or her UBE score and by taking the NYLE.

what if OP received a 264?

Anonymous User wrote:what if OP received a 264?

Then OP has to take the NY Bar Exam or the UBE in another jurisdiction and transfer the score.

Anonymous User wrote:what if OP received a 264?

OP's UBE score would need to meet the minimum passing requirement for the state in which he/she was transferring their score to.

But as an admitted lawyer in another state, can OP 1) appear in New York state court pro hac vice under the supervision (i.e., co-counsel) of an admitted NY attorney? and/or 2) can OP become an admitted New York lawyer after 5 years in practice? (http://www.nybarexam.org/aom/admissiononmotion.htm --- assume OP is from a state that is listed as one of those reciprocal jurisdictions)

True or false: OP can practice in any federal court (except for maybe some weird ones in CA) as an admitted member of a state bar.

Anonymous User wrote:But as an admitted lawyer in another state, can OP 1) appear in New York state court pro hac vice under the supervision (i.e., co-counsel) of an admitted NY attorney? and/or 2) can OP become an admitted New York lawyer after 5 years in practice? (http://www.nybarexam.org/aom/admissiononmotion.htm --- assume OP is from a state that is listed as one of those reciprocal jurisdictions)

True or false: OP can practice in any federal court (except for maybe some weird ones in CA) as an admitted member of a state bar.

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