N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 9403: Referral to another judicial district

Rule 9403. Referral to another judicial district. Notwithstanding

rule 9402, any application for admission to practice pending before a

committee, may be referred to the committee for another judicial

district in the same or another department by order or direction of the

presiding justice of the appellate division of the department embracing

the district in which the application is pending. Such order or

direction may be made only upon the written request of the chairman or

acting chairman of the committee before which the application is pending

and only upon his written certification either:

1. that the applicant, since he applied to take the bar examination or

to dispense with such examination or since he applied on motion to be

admitted to practice, has changed his actual residence to such other

judicial district in the same or other department, or, if not a resident

of the state, has acquired full-time employment in or changed his place

of full-time employment to such other judicial district in the same or

other department; or

2. that the majority of the members of such committee are not

qualified to vote on the application or have disqualified themselves

from voting or have refrained from voting thereon; or

3. that the members of such committee are equally divided in their

opinion as the application; or

4. that strict compliance with rule 9402 will cause undue hardship to

the applicant.