This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York (state), a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of New York on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New York (state)Wikipedia:WikiProject New York (state)Template:WikiProject New York (state)New York (state) articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject France, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of France on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FranceWikipedia:WikiProject FranceTemplate:WikiProject FranceFrance articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it.LawWikipedia:WikiProject LawTemplate:WikiProject Lawlaw articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Business, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of business articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.BusinessWikipedia:WikiProject BusinessTemplate:WikiProject BusinessWikiProject Business articles
The introduction says a lawyer at the Court of Appeals of Paris and of the New York State Bar Association. This repeats the description in Glass's Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation. But New York does not have an integrated Bar. One is admitted to the New York Bar under rules of the Office of Court Administration, and as the Wikipedia page on the New York Bar Association makes clear it is (unlike, for example, the DC Bar and those of numerous states) purely voluntary. (I have been a member of the New York Bar for decades and have never had contact with the NY Bar Association). One is technically admitted in an Appellate Division (a Department) but that, too, is irrelevant. As in any state, once admitted one can practice anywhere in the state. (When I was admitted one had to be a resident and at one time I understand US citizenship was required. But that was long ago. Today there are NY Bar courses in England and doubtless many other places in the world and there must be thousands of lawyers who are members of those state Bars that permit it as well as the Bars of their home countries or jurisdictions.) Andygx (talk) 21:42, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
