Hunter College High School Wins 2022 NYSBA Mock Trial Competition
Hunter College High School in New York City beat Huntington High School from Long Island to win the 2022 Mock Trial State Competition.
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New York State Bar Association Praises President Biden On Police Reform, Urges Congress To Restore Public Faith In Policing
The New York State Bar Association commends the president for doing everything within his power to reform federal police agencies, such as the FBI, but sadly, the executive order will have little impact on state and local police departments where reform is desperately needed.
NYSBA Recommends Changes To Combat Gun Violence
To combat the epidemic of gun violence in America, the New York State Bar Association has a comprehensive report with recommendations for legislative reforms.
New York State Bar Association President Laments Nation’s Failure To Combat Hate and Gun Violence
The mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood, coming on the heels of a racially motived mass shooting in Buffalo, is a grim reminder of our country’s ongoing failure to combat hatred and gun violence.
DiFiore: Stand Against Hate
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore discussed the “senseless, racially-motivated act of violence that took the lives of 10 innocent community members who were simply going about their ordinary Saturday afternoon chores in the City of Buffalo on May 14.”
Remembering Ken Screven
Screven, the first African-American television reporter and news anchor in Albany, joined us in July 2018 to look back at his career on the first season of Miranda Warnings.
The Courts and Contracts: Losing Patience With Unconscionable Agreements
The core question nonetheless remains this: when do the provisions of an otherwise valid contract or the process by which it was agreed to reach a point where courts are willing to break with the presumption of validity and declare it unenforceable?
CUNY Law School Removes Criminal History Question From its Admissions Application
CUNY Law School announced today that it was removing a question about criminal history from its admissions application, becoming the second law school in New York to do so after the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Law Students Get Public Service Experience Through New York Bar Foundation Catalyst Program
First year law students have a difficult choice about how to spend their summers. Do they get a job to pay for law school, or do they take an internship — often unpaid — and gain valuable experience? The Catalyst Public Interest Fellowship Program, run by the New York Bar Foundation, has the answer – … Continued
Nottingham High School Wins Region II Mock Trial Competition
Nottingham High School in Syracuse has advanced to the semifinal round of the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial competition, which will be held May 23. The Nottingham Bulldogs beat the New Hartford Spartans last month to become the Regional II finalist. Judges score teams on several factors including professionalism in their presentation of … Continued