N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 9401: Committee

Rule 9401. Committee. The appellate division in each judicial

department shall appoint a committee of not less than three practicing

lawyers for each judicial district within the department, for the

purpose of investigating the character and fitness of every applicant

for admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the

courts of this state. Each member of such committee shall serve until

his death, resignation or the appointment of his successor. A lawyer who

has been or who shall be appointed a member of the committee for one

district may be appointed a member of the committee for another district

within the same department.