The New York State Bar Association and two Iowa bar associations were honored with the prestigious 2021 Harrison Tweed Award today at the virtual business meeting of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense. The award, which is given by the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense … Continued
With more than 25 percent of NYSBA members residing out of state and unlimited growth potential on the horizon, the time has come for a new staff person to manage this burgeoning segment of membership.
For its extensive pro bono efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, the New York State Bar Association will be honored today with the American Bar Association’s prestigious Harrison Tweed Award.
Election reform takes the stage against the backdrop of a world reeling from the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The young boy who idolized Atticus Finch, read voraciously and loved to watch Ironside is now the presiding justice of New York’s busiest appellate court.
The New York State Bar Association believes in true gender equity and has worked tirelessly to elevate the position of women in the legal profession and to eliminate gender discrimination in all walks of life.
American history provides ample evidence that the information the press provides to the public – including information originally provided by confidential sources – is vital to the operation of our democracy and the oversight of our most powerful public and private institutions.
Make no mistake, the Supreme Court is far different today, and its decisional record has been and will very likely continue to be far different, than would be true if the Court’s composition were a 6–3 – or even 5–4 – liberal majority.
There is no question, however, that the Cosby case is an example that “hard cases make bad law,” as “The Great Dissenter,” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, is said to have once observed.
Every trial attorney faces critical decisions as to which witness or witnesses will best tell his client’s story. Calling an adverse party or a person identified with an adverse party in one’s case can be incredibly effective because one can often, through leading questions, force the other side to tell your story. Like every critical … Continued