Talk:René de Chambrun

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The introduction says a lawyer at the Court of Appeals of Paris and of the New York State Bar Association. This repeats the description in Glass's Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation. But New York does not have an integrated Bar. One is admitted to the New York Bar under rules of the Office of Court Administration, and as the Wikipedia page on the New York Bar Association makes clear it is (unlike, for example, the DC Bar and those of numerous states) purely voluntary. (I have been a member of the New York Bar for decades and have never had contact with the NY Bar Association). One is technically admitted in an Appellate Division (a Department) but that, too, is irrelevant. As in any state, once admitted one can practice anywhere in the state. (When I was admitted one had to be a resident and at one time I understand US citizenship was required. But that was long ago. Today there are NY Bar courses in England and doubtless many other places in the world and there must be thousands of lawyers who are members of those state Bars that permit it as well as the Bars of their home countries or jurisdictions.) Andygx (talk) 21:42, 4 November 2011 (UTC)