PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Research on the New York register

Each analysis leads with its finding and gives its table as CSV

Analyses
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Register file
Sep 29, 2026

These analyses are computed from the court system’s attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026 and the earlier files we hold, and, for pass rates, from the Board of Law Examiners’ published file. Each states its method and limits, and its table is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.

The analyses

  1. New York’s bar, by the numbersThe New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026 lists 286,911 currently registered attorneys (334,897 counting those due to re‑register); 132,534 of the currently registered have an office in New York State.
  2. What changed on the New York attorney register3,200 registrations changed status between the court system’s register files of Aug 6, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, not counting 45,368 routine moves between “currently registered” and “due to re‑register” as birthdays passed.
  3. New York bar admissions by year and department9,764 people admitted to the New York bar in 2025 are on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, 42% of them through the Third Department.
  4. Law schools on the New York register: who is still registeredAcross the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026, 87.1% of living registrants are registered (currently, or due to re‑register).
  5. New York bar exam pass rates, 2004 to 2025In 2025, 75% of first-time takers passed the New York bar exam across its February and July sittings, and 61% of all takers, repeaters included, according to the New York State Board of Law Examiners.
  6. How big are the law firms on the New York register?1,229 law firms have ten or more attorneys on the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026, together 76,009 attorneys.
  7. Discipline on the New York registerDisbarments and disciplinary resignations by department and decade of admission, with rates per 1,000 admitted.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.