This bill amends the civil practice law and rules to ensure gender neutrality and prevent character fitness questionnaires from inquiring into prior.

This bill makes technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality in the admission to practice law and prevents the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system if such interaction is no longer pending and did not result in a conviction. The changes apply to the civil practice law and rules, specifically rules 9401, 9403, 9404, 9405, and 9406. The bill affects applicants for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in New York.

This bill amends the civil practice law and rules to ensure gender neutrality and prevent character fitness questionnaires from inquiring into prior.

This bill makes technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality in the admission to practice law and prevents the character fitness questionnaire from inquiring into an applicant's prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system if such interaction is no longer pending and did not result in a conviction. The changes apply to the civil practice law and rules, specifically rules 9401, 9403, 9404, 9405, and 9406. The bill affects applicants for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in New York.