Details on the New York State 50-hour Pro Bono Requirement for Admission to the Bar
We now have some details on how the 50-hour requirement/rule will be rolled out. Here’s the New York Law Journal piece. A couple of important points:
- “The…requirement will take effect immediately for first- and second-year law students, who will have up to 34 months to fulfill the mandate. Current third-years are exempt…. Starting Jan. 1, 2015, every applicant to the bar will be required to fulfill the requirement.
- “Participation in law school clinics for which students receive credit would count [toward satisfying the rule].”
Also, we’ve hosted on PSJD some handouts from the press conference at which the details were announced: