Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                           ESQUIRE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      DELAWARE                                    13-3703760
 (State or other jurisdiction                  (I.R.S. employer
  of incorporation or organization)            identification no.)

                              216 EAST 45TH STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
                                 (212) 687-8010
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                             1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                MARTIN H. NEIDELL
                          STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
                                 180 MAIDEN LANE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10038
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (212) 806-5836
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                         Proposed        Proposed     
                                         maximum         maximum    Amount of
                         Amount          offering        aggregate  registration
                         to be           price           offering   fee
Title of Securities      registered      per share (1)   price                
to be registered          

Common Stock             
$.01 par value . . . .    2,000,000       $8.50         $17,000,000   $5,152
                          shares(2)      

(1)      Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the price for a share of Common
         Stock of Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

(2)      There are also being registered hereunder such additional shares as may
         be issued pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the plan.

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                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS


Note:             The documents containing the information specified in
                  this Part I will be sent or given to employees as
                  specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  Such
                  documents need not be filed with the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part
                  of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
                  prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
                  Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated
                  by  reference in the Registration Statement pursuant
                  to  Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken
                  together,  constitute a prospectus that meets the
                  requirements of  Section 10(a) of the Act.  See Rule
                  428(a)(1) under the  Act.

<PAGE>
                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents heretofore filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by
reference:

         (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended 
December 31, 1996;

         (b)  The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the 
quarters ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997; and

         (c) Item 1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed March 1, 1993 to register the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01
per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

         All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
 deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Registrant provide
for the Registrant to indemnify its officers, directors and employees to the 
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law against certain
liabilities and expenses.

 ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number

5     -   Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

23(a) -   Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.  Included in
          Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.

23(b) -   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

24    -   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).


ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                     (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                  of the Securities Act of 1933;

                      (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
                  (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental 
                  change in the information set forth in the Registration 
                  Statement;

                    (iii) To include any material information with respect to
                  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  Registration Statement or any material change to such
                  information in the Registration Statement.

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post- effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (4) If the Registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement to include any financial statements
required by Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-X at the start of any delayed offering or
throughout a continuous offering.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 13th day of
August, 1997.


                                         ESQUIRE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
                                              (Registrant)


                                          By:/S/ MALCOLM L. ELVEY
                                                 Malcolm L. Elvey
                                                 Chairman of the Board


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby authorizes Malcolm L. Elvey, David A. White and David Higson, and each of
them acting individually, with full power of substitution to file one or more
amendments, including Post-Effective Amendments, to this Registration Statement,
which Amendments may make such changes as any of them deems appropriate, and
each person whose signature appears below, individually and in each capacity
stated below, hereby appoints Malcolm L. Elvey, David A. White and David Higson,
and each of them acting individually, with full power of substitution, as
Attorney-in-Fact to execute his name and on his behalf to file any such
Amendments to this Registration Statement.


Signature                      Title                              Date

/S/MALCOLM L. ELVEY       Chairman of the Board               August 13, 1997
Malcolm L. Elvey

/S/DAVID A. WHITE         Chief Executive                     August 13, 1997
David A. White            Officer(Principal 
                          Executive Officer)

/S/DAVID A. HIGSON        Chief Financial                     August 13, 1997
David Higson              Officer (Principal
                          Financial Officer)

/S/CARY A. SARNOFF        Director                            August 13, 1997
Cary A. Sarnoff

/S/JOHN C. DURHAM         Director                            August 13, 1997
John C. Durham

/S/MORTIMER R. FEINBERG   Director                            August 13, 1997
Mortimer R. Feinberg

/S/DAVID J. FELDMAN       Director                            August 13, 1997
David J. Feldman

/S/ANDREW P. GARVIN       Director                            August 13, 1997
Andrew P. Garvin

/S/FIR GEENEN             Director                            August 13,1997
Fir Geenen

/S/JOSEPH P. NOLAN        Director                            August 13,1997
Joseph P. Nolan

____________________      Director
Bruce V. Rauner

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT                                                           PAGE
NUMBER            DESCRIPTION                                     NUMBER

5                 Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
23(a)             Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
                  Included in Exhibit 5 to this
                  Registration Statement.

23(b)             Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24                Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           ESQUIRE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      DELAWARE                                    13-3703760
 (State or other jurisdiction                  (I.R.S. employer
  of incorporation or organization)            identification no.)

                              216 EAST 45TH STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
                                 (212) 687-8010
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                             1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                MARTIN H. NEIDELL
                          STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
                                 180 MAIDEN LANE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10038
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (212) 806-5836
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Proposed        Proposed     
                                         maximum         maximum    Amount of
                         Amount          offering        aggregate  registration
                         to be           price           offering   fee
Title of Securities      registered      per share (1)   price                
to be registered          

Common Stock             
$.01 par value . . . .    2,000,000       $8.50         $17,000,000   $5,152
                          shares(2)      

(1)      Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the price for a share of Common
         Stock of Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

(2)      There are also being registered hereunder such additional shares as may
         be issued pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the plan.
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Note:             The documents containing the information specified in
                  this Part I will be sent or given to employees as
                  specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  Such
                  documents need not be filed with the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part
                  of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
                  prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
                  Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated
                  by  reference in the Registration Statement pursuant
                  to  Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken
                  together,  constitute a prospectus that meets the
                  requirements of  Section 10(a) of the Act.  See Rule
                  428(a)(1) under the  Act.
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents heretofore filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by
reference:

         (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended 
December 31, 1996;

         (b)  The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the 
quarters ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997; and

         (c) Item 1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed March 1, 1993 to register the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01
per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

         All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
 deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Registrant provide
for the Registrant to indemnify its officers, directors and employees to the 
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law against certain
liabilities and expenses.

 ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

          Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number

5     -   Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

23(a) -   Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.  Included in
          Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.

23(b) -   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

24    -   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

             (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                     (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                  of the Securities Act of 1933;

                      (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
                  (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                  individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental 
                  change in the information set forth in the Registration 
                  Statement;

                    (iii) To include any material information with respect to
                  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  Registration Statement or any material change to such
                  information in the Registration Statement.

     Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post- effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (4) If the Registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement to include any financial statements
required by Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-X at the start of any delayed offering or
throughout a continuous offering.

     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 13th day of
August, 1997.

                                         ESQUIRE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
                                              (Registrant)

                                          By:/S/ MALCOLM L. ELVEY
                                                 Malcolm L. Elvey
                                                 Chairman of the Board

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby authorizes Malcolm L. Elvey, David A. White and David Higson, and each of
them acting individually, with full power of substitution to file one or more
amendments, including Post-Effective Amendments, to this Registration Statement,
which Amendments may make such changes as any of them deems appropriate, and
each person whose signature appears below, individually and in each capacity
stated below, hereby appoints Malcolm L. Elvey, David A. White and David Higson,
and each of them acting individually, with full power of substitution, as
Attorney-in-Fact to execute his name and on his behalf to file any such
Amendments to this Registration Statement.

Signature                      Title                              Date

/S/MALCOLM L. ELVEY       Chairman of the Board               August 13, 1997
Malcolm L. Elvey

/S/DAVID A. WHITE         Chief Executive                     August 13, 1997
David A. White            Officer(Principal 
                          Executive Officer)

/S/DAVID A. HIGSON        Chief Financial                     August 13, 1997
David Higson              Officer (Principal
                          Financial Officer)

/S/CARY A. SARNOFF        Director                            August 13, 1997
Cary A. Sarnoff

/S/JOHN C. DURHAM         Director                            August 13, 1997
John C. Durham

/S/MORTIMER R. FEINBERG   Director                            August 13, 1997
Mortimer R. Feinberg

/S/DAVID J. FELDMAN       Director                            August 13, 1997
David J. Feldman

/S/ANDREW P. GARVIN       Director                            August 13, 1997
Andrew P. Garvin

/S/FIR GEENEN             Director                            August 13,1997
Fir Geenen

/S/JOSEPH P. NOLAN        Director                            August 13,1997
Joseph P. Nolan

____________________      Director
Bruce V. Rauner
EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                                                           PAGE
NUMBER            DESCRIPTION                                     NUMBER

5                 Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
23(a)             Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
                  Included in Exhibit 5 to this
                  Registration Statement.

23(b)             Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24                Power of Attorney (included on signature page).