Lawyer
New YorkActive
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- Required
Lawyers advise clients about civil, business or criminal law, represent clients in court and prepare legal documents. Lawyers may specialize in such areas as criminal law, corporate law, labor law, domestic and/or patent law.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- NYS Unified Court System
- Board
- Office of Court Administration
- Address
- 25 Beaver Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10004
- Phone
- (212) 428-2515
- Agency website
- https://www.nybarexam.org/
- Last updated
- April 4, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Attorney 23-1011.00
Source and verification
This record is New York's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Office of Court Administration — see the issuing body section above.
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