Numbers form the foundation of the National Football League. Who is the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season? O. J. Simpson. Who holds the career record for passing touchdowns with 649? Tom Brady. Who set a single season sacks record when he registered 23 in 2025? Myles Garrett. Yet there is … Continued
A long-standing system of accreditation for law schools has come under scrutiny under the Trump administration. What’s at stake is nothing less than a sea change in the process that decides who gets to be a lawyer. Having a national system of accreditation ensures a level of quality education that supports the acceptance of portability … Continued
The debate over artificial intelligence in law misses the fundamental issue: the profession’s decades-long erosion and underinvestment in the development of the human capacities that technology cannot (and will not) replace. What appears to be a technology problem is an institutional one. I have spent decades inside the wellbeing reform movement, hosting the Lawyer-to-Lawyer Wellbeing … Continued
The expansion of large-language-model artificial intelligence has accelerated the global use of conversational AI for commercial purposes. Given the significant opportunities and risks associated with AI, it is not surprising that it caught the regulatory eye. For New York lawyers advising clients with cross‑border operations, the rapid expansion of AI regulation has become an issue … Continued
With the rise of artificial intelligence, remote hiring has entered a new era. Legitimate job candidates use AI tools to polish their resumes, cover letters and job applications; and deceptive candidates exploit AI tools to misrepresent their credentials, skills and experience. Threat actors, including those directed by state-sponsored regimes, leverage AI tools – including deepfakes … Continued
The U.S. Supreme Court’s January decision in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton[1] resolved a split in the federal circuit courts of appeals about whether a judgment that might be void is exempt from the “reasonable time” limitations of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c), finding that even motions to vacate void judgments … Continued
Law firms are no longer merely thinking about incorporating artificial intelligence into their daily workflows. It has become as ubiquitous to a firm’s infrastructure as a typewriter or calculator was in the 1970’s. However, AI’s impact is far more significant as is the accompanying level of concern for its misuse through overreliance. That was the … Continued
If Socrates were around today pondering this subject, he might ask, at what point does higher learning come at too great a cost – a nettlesome question posed by someone who had to drink a cup of hemlock for constantly poking about. In medieval times, Galileo paid a high price to continue a scientific search … Continued
For more than half a century, courts, universities and scholars have invoked academic freedom as both a constitutional doctrine and a defining institutional value. Yet despite this illusive importance, there is no stable or widely accepted legal framework governing the scope, limits and enforceability of academic freedom in the context of modern higher education.[1] Today, … Continued
Annual Meeting 2026 Thousands of lawyers attended our meeting at the Hilton Midtown in New York City. NYSBA staff came together to execute one of our biggest and best meetings ever: The Constance Baker Motley Symposium celebrated the courage and entrepreneurial spirit of Madam C.J. Walker and the guidance and wise counsel she received from … Continued