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Watch Live - Bar Admission Ceremony - Hochstein School Mon June 21 2021 -- Remote Admissions via Zoom -- June 23 2021 More...

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BAR ADMISSION CEREMONIES - VIDEO ARCHIVE JULY 15 2020 More...

Each Department of the Appellate Division will soon be resuming the admission process that had been paused due to the present public health crisis. More...

Due to the present and unique public health crisis, and the attendant need to reduce public interaction, the admission process, like many other proceedings in the courts and the July 2020 administration of the Bar Examination, has been paused. More...

Have Gavel Will Travel More...

The Court has scheduled a special and historic posthumous admission ceremony for William Herbert Johnson, the first graduate of African descent from the Syracuse University College of Law -- Friday, October 18th, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the S.F. Hancock Ceremonial Courtroom at the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse. More...

Presiding Justice Gerald J. Whalen is pleased to announce that on October 24, 2019, as part of its “Have Gavel, Will Travel” program, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department will hear oral arguments in a regular session of Court in the S.F. Hancock Ceremonial Courtroom at the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse. More...

Court offices in Buffalo closed due to winter weather Jan 30 and Jan 31. Deadlines for filings due in Buffalo are extended to the next business day. More...

Overview of the Attorney Disciplinary Process & Recent Developments conducted by Chris Lindquist, Principal Appellate Court Attorney, together with Winston Brownlow, Senior Appellate Court Attorney - Oct 25, 2018 More...