VIDEO: Lippman Outlines New York Bar Admission Pro Bono Requirements
September 26, 2012
On September 19, New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced the details of New York’s new pro bono requirement for admission to the bar at a press conference at the New York University School of Law. Prospective attorneys will be required to perform 50 hours of pro bono service as condition of admittance, with the policy becoming effective January 1, 2013, and applying to law students entering their first and second years of school. The details came less than five months after Judge Lippman stunned the legal world with his announcement that New York would become the first state to