The New York Law Journal quoted Immediate Past President Michael Miller on the creation of a new task force to study the adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam in New York. (may require subscription) ‘To me, it is unfathomable that practitioners who plan to practice in New York would start their careers without the most … Continued

The Daily Record quoted Immediate Past President Miller on his Task Force on the New York Bar Examination, which will investigate and report on the experience and impact of the state’s adoption of the UBE. (may require subscription) The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has fomed a task force to review New York’s bar … Continued

The Post-Star (Glens Falls) quoted former Criminal Justice Section Chair Tucker Stanclift on the criminal justice reforms in the state budget. (may require subscription) The state budget will change a lot of policies regarding the way criminals in New York are dealt with, and many involved with the local criminal justice system are not happy … Continued

The Albany Times Union reported that President Hank Greenberg will deliver the 55th Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Lecture at the New York County Lawyers Association. (may require subscription) On April 5, notorious former consultant Todd Howe is scheduled to be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan for multiple felonies — bribery, bid-rigging and fraud … Continued

The New York Law Journal reported that NYSBA is opposed to the biennial attorney registration fee. (may require subscription) The Assembly broke with Cuomo’s budget proposal by stripping it almost completely of policy, including criminal justice reform, while modifying it in other areas. The Senate had not made its spending proposal public by Tuesday afternoon.