Sec. 6000.8. Assignment and certification of applicants

(a) Each applicant admitted to a February or July bar examination shall be assigned to a test center in one of the four judicial departments located in the State based upon available test centers for that examination. The board will maintain at least one test center in each of the four judicial departments located in the State.

(b) Certification to Appellate Division for admission to practice.

Every applicant who successfully completes the New York Law Course and passes the New York Law Examination, the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, and the Uniform Bar Examination, either in New York or in another jurisdiction, and who in other respects, complies with the rules of the board and the Rules of the Court of Appeals, will be certified to the Appellate Division for the judicial department in which the applicant resides, or, if not a resident of the State, in which the applicant is employed full-time. If the applicant neither resides nor is employed full-time in the State, the applicant will be certified to the Appellate Division for the third department. Changes in addresses must be reported to the board. For applicants sitting for the UBE in New York, the address used for certification shall be the address on file in the board’s office as of April 15th following a February examination and as of October 15th following a July examination. For applicants seeking admission upon examination by transferred UBE score, the address used for certification shall be the address set forth in the application for a determination of eligibility for admission.