Presiding Justices of NY’s Appellate Division Announce Changes to Question 26 of Bar Admission Questionnaire

March 16, 2023

In this press release the Justices explain why they are changing Question 16 to the version you read in the application above.

Before this change, Question 26 read as follows:

Have you ever, either as an adult or a juvenile, been cited, ticketed, arrested, taken into custody, charged with, indicted, convicted or tried for, or pleaded guilty to, the commission of any felony or misdemeanor or the violation of any law, or been the subject of any juvenile delinquency or youthful offender proceeding? Traffic violations that occurred more than ten years before the filing of this application need not be reported, except alcohol or drug-related traffic violations, which must be reported in all cases, irrespective of when they occurred. Do not report parking violations.

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