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New York Bar (NY Bar)

If you are applying to the New York State Board of Examiners for the Bar Examination (BOLE)

The Student Enquiry Centre can send the below documents directly to the New York State Board of Examiners for the Bar Examination (BOLE) for graduate students. 

1. Send your Award Letter and Academic Transcript 

If you completed an LLB we will add the additional sentence to your award letter: "I can confirm that Queen Mary University of London LLB fulfils the academic educational requirements for admission to the practice of law in England & Wales." Please note there are no additional sentences for an LLM graduates. 

Please follow the instructions below: 

  1. Order and pay for a Hardcopy graduate pack through our EShop page.  
  2. In your order (under "Additional Information Required"), please state that this is to be sent to NY Bar and include your BOLE ID number.  
  3. We aim to process your order within 10 working days; all NY Bar orders will be sent to the address below in a hard back envelope with a stamp/seal across the flap of the envelope.  

The New York State Board of law examiners, Corporate Plaza, Building 3, 254 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY 12203-5195, USA 

2. Send the: Application for Admission to Practice (State of New York) Form 

The Student Enquiry Centre can assist with completing and sending the form: "Application for Admission to Practice as an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law in the State of New York". We can complete this form and send directly to NY Bar.

Please follow the instructions below: 

  1. Make sure you have an electronic copy of the form and have completed the section “To be completed by Applicant”. 
  2. Order and pay for Postage through our EShop page. 
  3. In your order (under "Additional Information Required"), please state that this is for the NY Bar, include your BOLE ID number and state that you will email studentenquiry@qmul.ac.uk with the “Application for Admission to Practice” form.  
  4. Once your order has been completed, please send an email to studentenquiry@qmul.ac.uk with a copy of your “Application for Admission to Practice” form attached and include your order number (beginning with "QML") in the email.
  5. We aim to process your order within 10 working days; the form will be sent to the address stated in the form in a hard back envelope with a stamp/seal across the flap of the envelope.

3. Any other requests for NY Bar

The New York Bar may require a written statement, signed and submitted directly to the Board by Queen Mary, that you attended your course. Outlining all courses completed online or by distance education and all courses completed by regular classroom attendance.  

Please follow the instructions below: 

  1. Your department will need to write this for you and send directly to the NY Bar.
  2. Please request this directly from them; the Student Enquiry Centre does not produce or send this to the NY Bar. If you studied an LLB your department is the School of Law, if you undertook an LLM your department would be the Centre for Commercial Law Studies.
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