New York, May 4, 2017 – The New York City Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association today jointly released a guide intended to clarify the legal rights and obligations of individuals and institutions in connection with the use of service animals in the state. People with disabilities may rely on dogs and … Continued

Seventeen recipients, including attorneys, law firms and students, were recognized with 2017 President’s Pro Bono Service Awards by New York State Bar Association President Claire P. Gutekunst on May 1 at the Bar Center in Albany. President-elect Sharon Stern Gerstman joined her at the ceremony. “The legal profession’s proud tradition of pro bono work is … Continued

Jeh Johnson, a partner with the law firm Paul, Weiss in New York City, has been recognized with the 2017 Honorable George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award, given by the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. He is the immediate past secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the … Continued

“We are saddened to learn of the death of Sheila Abdus-Salaam, associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals,” said New York State Bar Association President Claire P. Gutekunst. “Having grown up poor in a family of seven children in Washington, D.C., she rose to become one of the seven judges on New … Continued

“The state budget is a triumph for the cause of justice in New York,” New York State Bar Association President Claire P. Gutekunst said today. She pointed to four measures that long have been Association legislative priorities and that NYSBA leaders and staff have consistently lobbied legislators to adopt: combating wrongful conviction; raising the age … Continued