The New York State Bar Association ( NYSBA ) is the voluntary bar association association for New York state. The purpose of the association is to cultivate the science of jurisprudence; to promote reform in law; to facilitate the administration of justice, and to raise the standards of integrity, honor, professional skills, and courtesy in the legal profession.
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History
NYSBA was founded on November 21, 1876 in Albany, New York, and then united on May 2, 1877 by the actions of the State Legislature. His first president was David B. Hill. Elliott Fitch Shepard helped found the association, and in 1884 was his fifth president. Among the reforms in the law signed into law that created the association is the abolition of restrictions on the acceptance of women for legal practice. In 1896, the NYSBA proposed the first global means for resolving inter-state disputes, now called the Permanent Arbitration Court in The Hague.
In the field of legal ethics, NYSBA adopted the Canon of Ethics in 1920. It evolved into the Professional Responsibility Code and in 2001 adopted a change that addressed multidisciplinary practices. The state of New York in New York is the last state to use this Code for many years, long after all other states - except California and Maine - have adopted the Model Rules. On December 17, 2008, the New York court administrative committee announced that it had adopted a highly modified version of the Model Rule effective April 1, 2009. The New York Version of the Model Rule was created by adjusting the standard Model Rules to reflect the customary rules of New York that had been entered during many years into the Model Code version. Although New York does not adopt the verbatim Model Rules, the advantage of adopting its overall structure is to simplify the training of New York lawyers' professional responsibilities, and to make it easier for lawyers outside the country to adjust their behavior with New York. rule by simply comparing their State versions of the Model Rules to the New York version.
The New York State Bar has requested legislation to simplify and update court procedures; has been instrumental in raising judicial standards; an established system for maintaining professional integrity; advocating for the promotion, voluntary pro bono legal services to the poor; are at the forefront of efforts to improve standards of practice; and achieve national recognition to continue its public education program. Today the NYSBA includes over 74,000 members, of whom 18,000 are out of state.
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Structure
The control and administration of the State Bar is held by the House of Delegates, the policy and decision making body of the Association. The House meets four times a year (January, April, June and November). The action taken by the House of Delegates on specific issues becomes the official policy of the State Bar.
The current State Bar structure includes 25 special substantive legal parts, and more than 60 standing, special, and other committees.
See also
- Association bar
- New York City Bar Association
- Bar association
References
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