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This article will guide bar candidates who sat for the July 2019 bar examination through the process of application and admission to the bar on January 8, 2020. If all required documents are not postmarked by October 1st, the next scheduled bar admission ceremony is June 15, 2020. 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...

ONE HOUR E-FILING TRAINING provided by New York State Courts E-Filing Resource Center. Learn how to E-File documents from your office or personal computer. More...

Fourth Department Adds Summer Decision Release Dates More...

NYAppDiv4 is expanding the categories of appeals that will be subject to mandatory e-filing in the coming months. Oct 1, 2019 mandatory e-filing in all non-Family Court civil matters, voluntary for Family Court matters and voluntary for all criminal matters. More...

Join Michael Lazik of the Appellate Division Technical Services Unit for a discussion of 22 NYCRR Part 1245 Attachment A -- the Formatting Requirements for Documents Electronically Filed. More...

Effective Thursday March 14, 2019 -- ​To comply with Attachment A of 22 NYCRR Part 1245, motion papers shall be filed together in one PDF document, which shall contain bookmarks linking to each separate motion document contained therein. More...

Please be advised that the Court will convene at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2019, to hear election appeals. The filing deadline for appellants is Friday, May 24th; respondents’ deadline is Tuesday, May 28th. More...

At the New York State Bar Association Meeting in January, the Committee on the Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction awarded OCA Counsel John McConnell and the Clerks of the four Appellate Division Departments a special award for their service to the New York legal profession. 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...