New York Admits Undocumented Immigrant To Practice

An order of bar admission from the New York Appellate  Division for the Second Judicial Department

Applicant passed the July 2016 New York State bar exam and the State Board of Law Examiners certified her for admission to this Court (see Rules of Ct of Appeals [22 NYCRR] § 520.7). Applicant is an undocumented immigrant, who is authorized to be present in the United States under the auspices of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy of the federal government. This Court’s Committee on Character and Fitness has conducted the required investigation of applicant’s application for admission, including a personal interview of applicant, and has approved the application and certified to this Court that applicant possesses the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney and counselor-at-law (see CPLR 9404; Rules of App Div, 3d Dept [22 NYCRR] § 805.1).

Being satisfied that applicant possesses the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney (see Judiciary Law § 90 [1] [a]) and finding no legal impediment to applicant’s admission (see Matter of Vargas, 131 AD3d 4 [2015]), we approve the application and direct the Clerk of the Court to admit applicant to
the bar, including scheduling the administration of the attorney’s oath of office to applicant (see Judiciary Law § 466).

The opinion does not identify the applicant. (Mike Frisch)