The May Bar Journal is Available Now
The May Bar Journal will be arriving in NYSBA members’ mailboxes soon. In the meantime, you can view the complete issue online now.
Month: May 2020
Jack Newton, CEO of Clio | Using Legal Superpowers To Help Unemployed New Yorkers | Miranda Warnings
Jack Newton, CEO and co-founder of the legal technology company Clio joins David to discuss the help they’re providing the New York State Bar Association to launch a pro bono initiative, how the embrace of technology has changed the legal profession in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis, and dispel the myth that lawyers are slow to adapt to technology.
New York State Law Digest: April 2020
How the Public Health Crisis Makes Preventing Domestic Violence Harder
This public health emergency requiring people to remain in their homes to the extent possible plays right into the hands of domestic abusers.
Daily Coronavirus Update: NY Court System To Further Expand Virtual Courts
Good evening Members, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks released a memorandum this afternoon to all trial court justices and judges explaining the next steps in the court system’s continuing expansion of its virtual court system. Beginning Monday, May 4, new motions, responsive papers to previously filed motions and other applications, including post-judgment applications, may … Continued
Attorney Professionalism Forum – May 2020
Dear Forum, I am trying to diversify and expand my matrimonial practice by coming up with a flat rate structure that might appeal to couples working towards filing for an uncontested divorce. My thought was that I would charge a flat rate for mediation services with the intention of filing an uncontested divorce packet at … Continued
Amid Crisis, Voting Rights Focus of Virtual Law Day
New York’s Law Day event was held virtually at the New York Court of Appeals with Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, NYSBA President Hank Greenberg and state Attorney General Letitia James
The Legal Industry’s Rapid Transition to the Cloud
A technological transformation of the legal industry, originally expected to take place over the next five to 10 years kicked into overdrive in March