The new chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section, Loretta Gastwirth, is focusing on collaboration with other sections to broaden professional development and strengthen relationships for the section’s nearly 2,000 members. “The many section members who are arbitrators and mediators touch on so many disciplines – from employment to construction to … Continued
The New York State Bar Association is a not-for-profit voluntary membership association for attorneys. We are not a state entity or responsible for licensing or discipline of attorneys. Disciplinary complaints should be directed to the Attorney Disciplinary / Grievance Committee for the New York State Appellate Division. The office to contact depends upon the location … Continued
(L-R): Paul Samuels, Judge Leslie Stein, Judge Howard Levine, Hank Greenberg, Elizabeth Fine, Michael Hutton and Lorraine Silverman speak on a panel at the New York State Bar Association in Albany. In a statewide forum hosted by the New York State Bar Association, members of the Commission on Judicial Nomination made an enthusiastic plea for … Continued
The increased use of artificial intelligence requires the building of larger and more sophisticated data centers across the country to power the technology. The use of these facilities – housing computing equipment, storage systems and infrastructure to power technology such as data servers, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence – are creating unexpected impacts on the … Continued
A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million. Maurizio Cattelan’s work, “Comedian,” has been deemed one of the most “talked about works of the century,”[1] though much of the conversation has been sharply critical.[2] Indeed, when art is produced with minimal skill and creativity, inevitably, it garners scrutiny. Perhaps it is no surprise … Continued
Across the history of democratic thought, one theme endures: A just society requires educated, engaged citizens.[1] Aristotle argued that the purpose of law is not only to regulate but to cultivate virtue and shape citizens capable of intelligently participating in public life.[2] In the early American republic, Thomas Jefferson warned that without widespread civic education … Continued
There’s a myth in the legal profession that success and personal well-being are a trade-off and that to build a thriving practice you have to sacrifice everything else. Attorney Jennifer Gillman knows this tension firsthand. Before building her own legal recruiting and strategy business, she was an AMLaw 100 lawyer working crazy hours that left … Continued
The New York State Bar Association is hosting a program on July 23 that will go behind the scenes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. The one-hour program will focus on how federal prosecutors prepare for grand jury proceedings in criminal antitrust cases. Three former federal prosecutors, who left the Department of … Continued
As the new chair of the Environmental and Energy Law Section, Steven Russo will be working with President Taa Grays on her clean and renewable energy initiative. “Taa reached out to me when she was just president-elect,” said Russo. “It’s clear that – and it’s great for our section – that she is so interested … Continued
This past April, the National Conference of Bar Examiners announced that it was changing its guidance on what has become a controversial question on state bar applications. The change, as shown in the organization’s new sample application, eliminates the requirement of mental health disclosure. The sample application the bar examiners provide is used by many … Continued