After receiving notification that I passed the New York bar in mid-November, I turned my attention to the next step in the process, which is sending an application and references to the court. Of the five references I needed, I had two of them within a week, but the other three took a month to complete theirs.
On Friday, I photocopied the forms and mailed the originals, certified return-receipt requested, from midtown Manhattan. The envelope is going to downtown Brooklyn. The post office's website shows that the package entered their tracking system on Friday afternoon when I mailed it, but shows nothing further. The package has not even been listed as having arrived to the post office in Brooklyn.
If the package is lost, I don't know if the court would allow me to submit a photocopy, along with proof that I mailed (something) to the court that was apparently lost, or if the court will make me gather references from everyone all over again.
The references also can't be more than 60 days old, and two of them were dated Nov. 19, so the court could complain if it doesn't receive the package until after Jan. 19.
Now I'm second-guessing myself and wondering why I didn't hand-deliver the thing, or use FedEx to send it. I hadn't thought that the Post Office would lose something that was sent certified return receipt requested, especially when it only had to travel a few miles.
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You're probably looking at an x-mas backlog...
QUOTE(Bezalel99 @ Dec 27 2007, 07:10 AM) 
After receiving notification that I passed the New York bar in mid-November, I turned my attention to the next step in the process, which is sending an application and references to the court. Of the five references I needed, I had two of them within a week, but the other three took a month to complete theirs.
On Friday, I photocopied the forms and mailed the originals, certified return-receipt requested, from midtown Manhattan. The envelope is going to downtown Brooklyn. The post office's website shows that the package entered their tracking system on Friday afternoon when I mailed it, but shows nothing further. The package has not even been listed as having arrived to the post office in Brooklyn.
If the package is lost, I don't know if the court would allow me to submit a photocopy, along with proof that I mailed (something) to the court that was apparently lost, or if the court will make me gather references from everyone all over again.
The references also can't be more than 60 days old, and two of them were dated Nov. 19, so the court could complain if it doesn't receive the package until after Jan. 19.
Now I'm second-guessing myself and wondering why I didn't hand-deliver the thing, or use FedEx to send it. I hadn't thought that the Post Office would lose something that was sent certified return receipt requested, especially when it only had to travel a few miles.
On Friday, I photocopied the forms and mailed the originals, certified return-receipt requested, from midtown Manhattan. The envelope is going to downtown Brooklyn. The post office's website shows that the package entered their tracking system on Friday afternoon when I mailed it, but shows nothing further. The package has not even been listed as having arrived to the post office in Brooklyn.
If the package is lost, I don't know if the court would allow me to submit a photocopy, along with proof that I mailed (something) to the court that was apparently lost, or if the court will make me gather references from everyone all over again.
The references also can't be more than 60 days old, and two of them were dated Nov. 19, so the court could complain if it doesn't receive the package until after Jan. 19.
Now I'm second-guessing myself and wondering why I didn't hand-deliver the thing, or use FedEx to send it. I hadn't thought that the Post Office would lose something that was sent certified return receipt requested, especially when it only had to travel a few miles.
Can you call the post office with your question?
if the package is post marked with 60 days is that good?
B"H, the website now reports:
"Arrival at Unit, December 27, 2007, 8:15 am, BROOKLYN, NY 11201"
I think that means that it was delivered to the Brooklyn post office this morning, so hopefully it'll be delivered to the court today or tomorrow. As Shuli suggested, the Xmas rush must have overwhelmed the post office.
"Arrival at Unit, December 27, 2007, 8:15 am, BROOKLYN, NY 11201"
I think that means that it was delivered to the Brooklyn post office this morning, so hopefully it'll be delivered to the court today or tomorrow. As Shuli suggested, the Xmas rush must have overwhelmed the post office.
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