Bestselling author and CNN Legal Analyst Jeffery Toobin discusses his book ‘True Crimes & Misdemeanors,’ a real-life legal thriller about the prosecutions and congressional investigators pursuing the truth about Donald Trump’s complicity in several crimes — and why they failed.
On August 20, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.57 invoking new powers from a law passed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic to temporarily suspend or modify laws necessary to assist or aid in coping with a declared State disaster emergency
Good afternoon Members, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today signed election reforms into law that he says will make it easier for New Yorkers to vote during the pandemic. The three-part package includes new measures allowing absentee ballot applications to be submitted to the Board of Elections immediately, permitting a voter to get an absentee ballot … Continued
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, making women’s suffrage legal in the United States. To honor this historic moment in history, the Women in Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) recently hosted a webinar celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and the … Continued
“The State Bar Association has a long history of promoting equality in the law for LGBTQ people in all aspects of society,” said NYSBA President Scott M. Karson. “A married same-sex couple is a legally recognized family and NYSBA will continue to advocate to protect their rights.”
Scott M. Karson, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement on the decision by the New York Court of Appeals to allow law school graduates who want to practice in New York to take the online bar exam Oct. 5 and 6 in New York or 9other jurisdictions. The reciprocity … Continued
The New York State Board of Law Examiners has announced today that they are making arrangements to allow candidates to transfer scores earned on the remote bar exam to be held on Oct. 5-6, 2020.
Good afternoon Members, During her weekly Monday update, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said that outside New York City, the state court system’s administrative, supervising and trial judges, along with other professional staff, are busy finalizing plans to restart jury trials in civil and criminal cases as early as September and October. “We have asked … Continued
Lynch discusses her involvement in the Louima prosecution and how some of the issues presented by the case are the same ones we’re facing today in a wide-ranging conversation on this week’s Miranda Warnings podcast.