美国律师考试(6)
各州报考人数和通过率,请参考:
http://www.ncbex.org/stats.htm
纽约和加州每年都超过一万考生,加州通过率大约50%, 纽约大约60%,通过率最高的州超过90%,如蒙大拿州、犹他州。
纽约报考条件:
Qualifying: Applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination four ways:
1) Graduation from an American Bar Association approved law school (see Section 520.3 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals);
(2) Combination of law school and law office study (see Section 520.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals);
(3) Graduation from an unapproved law school and practice in a jurisdiction where admitted for five years (see Section 520.5 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals);
(4) Foreign law study (see Section 520.6 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals).
纽约州报考资格评估:
Obtaining an Evaluation of Credentials: To determine if an applicant educated outside the United States is eligible to take the New York State bar examination the Board must evaluate his or her legal education. You may download a Request for Evaluation of Foreign Academic Credentials from the "Application Materials" section of this website. You should complete it in its entirety and mail it, together with all required supporting documents, to: NYS Board OF LAW EXAMINERS, 1 EXECUTIVE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 202, ALBANY, NY 12203. If the supporting documentation is to be sent directly by your law school, you should indicate that on the form.
An official transcript is one that contains an original seal or certification While originals will be accepted and are considered the best proof of your legal education, please keep in mind that they will not be returned. Transcripts which do not contain the original law school stamp or certification will not be evaluated. Photocopies and fax copies will not be evaluated. While an evaluation from an independent evaluation service, such as World Education Services, may be submitted to supplement your documents, it will not be considered as proof of your legal education, and the Board will conduct its own evaluation in any event.
All requests for evaluation should be sent to the Board at least six months prior to the examination for which the applicant plans to apply. Due to the large volume of correspondence which the Board receives, you should allow several months from the date of the Board's receipt of your request for a response.
Under no circumstances will an evaluation be given by phone, nor will an evaluation be expedited simply because the applicant needs to register for a bar review course therefore, we kindly ask that you do not tie up the Board's phone lines with such requests. Once the application filing period begins, no evaluations for that examination will be conducted. If a determination of eligibility is not completed before the application period begins, the applicant should file their application together with their official transcripts and assume the risk of being found ineligible to take the examination during the weeks prior to the date of the exam. Under no circumstances should an application be filed and a separate request for an evaluation be sent to the Board at the same time, as this merely delays and confuses the process.