Most of you probably hold an attorney (also called 'Bar') lice | Global Young Lawyers Network (GYLN)

Most of you probably hold an attorney (also called "Bar") license in your home jurisdiction. Some attorneys are even licensed in multiple jurisdictions .

However, for the attorneys practicing internationally, the unwritten rule has been to obtain a license in either London, UK or State of New York (NY), USA . The license to practice law in NY has been the international gold standard for many years. It attracted many lawyers across the globe for years and even more since 2015 when the state approved the UBE exam organized by NCBE. Over the years 40% of roughly 10,000 applicants have been international applicants.

Last week each state in the USA held the bar exam that allows being licensed in that specific state jurisdiction, including NY State. We wish good luck to all exam takers to be successful in passing their exam and being admitted attorneys in their practicing state.

As most of you might be interested to learn about the bar exam and the process of obtaining the license in NY we would like to share New York State Bar Association's (one of the major organizations that supports NY attorneys) article about the future of the Bar exam in NY. Please see the link to article here