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The testing, held in the four appellate divisionn departments of NewYork State, will bring over 3,200 aspiring lawyers to the Queen City, and a financiall windfall to downtown businesses. Linda D’Agostino, sales directof for the Convention Center, said the agencyg anticipates thatroughly 2,000 of the participants will be visitors to the area, filling hotels, dininhg at restaurants and shopping in Erie Countu over the three-day period. “The figure we use to calculated economic impact of an even tis $814 per person,” D’Agostinpo said. “So the bar exams shoulrd generateover $2 million” for the business community.
She said that the , the governinh body that administersthe exams, will hire anothe r 150 local residents to proctoe the exams, as well as local securithy personnel for the duratiojn of the event. “The grouop itself is also paying for the Convention so we are keeping all of the Convention Centert folks working as she said. While the bar exam is given annualltin Buffalo, the difference this is the volume of participants. Diane chair of the New York Statwe Board ofBar Examiners, said last year the grouo tested 440 people in Buffalo compared to the 3,23 2 they currently have registered. Bossse said the visitors to Buffalo will be comingf from 70 different countries and45 states.
“We foun we were having a greater demancd of people wanting to take the exam ontheirt laptop, and we were finding difficulties in Albanyh getting locations where they couldd be wired,” she said, explaining the increase in testinv in Buffalo. “We used to test in Buffal in the winter at theconvention center, so we went back and were able to make arrangement s with them, including wiring the facility for the 1,85 0 people who are going to be taking it on laptop computers.
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