The New York State Bar Association’s House of Delegates (HOD) is expected to vote on reports and recommendations regarding mental health and attorney advertising, and whether to change NYSBA’s bylaws to create a membership tier for paralegals. The quarterly meeting will take place on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Bar Center in Albany. MENTAL HEALTH … Continued
Diversity and inclusion, and other human rights will be front and center at the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section’s 2019 Global Conference, Nov. 5-8 in Tokyo. Titled “A World of Many Voices, United in Our Diversity,” the conference brings together jurists and leading lawyers from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, … Continued
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 – 2:30 P.M. – SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW The New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Free Expression in the Digital Age will host a special roundtable event, “FOIL and the Future of Local Journalism: Rethinking Access to Information in a Digital Age” on Wednesday, October 16 from 2:30 p.m. … Continued
Topic: Advertising and Letterhead: Listing of N.Y. admission on out-of-state letterhead
The Altamont Enterprise reported that John Dunne will receive the Committee on Civil Rights’ Haywood Burns Award. John R. Dunne, Senior Counsel with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, will be honored with the Haywood Burns Memorial Award by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Civil Rights on Oct. 16 at the City University of … Continued
TUESDAY, OCT. 15 – 5 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. Leaders from the academic and corporate worlds will speak at the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles panel meeting on Oct. 15 to discuss regulatory, policy and industry issues. The meeting will be livestreamed for the public starting at 5:00 p.m. … Continued
TUESDAY, OCT. 15 – 6 P.M. TO 7 P.M. – FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Cass R. Sunstein, author of Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide and the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, will be the featured speaker at a free event co-sponsored by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) on Oct. 15 from … Continued
The New York Law Journal quoted President Greenberg on the upcoming CLE program on impeachment. (may require subscription) Sunstein, a widely recognized expert in matters of constitutional law, has published several articles and books related to the topic, including “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide” in 2017.
Bloomberg Law reported on NYSBA’s latest ethics opinion on referral fees in retirement. (may require subscription) Retired New York lawyers can ask for and accept referral fees for work they’ve turned over to another lawyer for safekeeping that evolves into additional work, the state bar’s ethics committee advised. The attorney has to assume joint responsibility … Continued
EPISODE SUMMARY: Albany Law Professor Vincent Bonventre returns to discuss the judicial records of Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh and the tribal voting nature of the current Supreme Court. Professor Bonventre then gives us a primer on what types of cases he expects the Supreme Court to hear this Fall, including some hot … Continued