Sitting for the bar exam may soon be trickier for the thousands of foreign-trained attorneys who take the test each year.
The New York Court of Appeals in April adopted stricter requirements for master of laws (LL.M.) programs, which help foreign lawyers gain eligibility to take the bar. The new rules focus primarily on the content of LL.M. programs, which many foreign attorneys use as an entry point into the domestic legal market.
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