Is the constitution failing? Have the three branches of government abdicated their fundamental responsibilities? The New York State Bar Association will tackle these questions and more at its upcoming Presidential Summit. “As lawyers we have a responsibility to sound the alarm when the rule of law is under attack,” said Kathleen Sweet, president of the … Continued
Kathleen Sweet, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement today: “The posthumous admission of Ely S. Parker to the New York Bar today corrects a longstanding injustice. Parker wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox and was a lawyer in every sense of the word. As … Continued
Grab your controllers and load your save files for a New York State Bar Association hybrid program exploring legal issues in the video game industry. In the past few decades, the video game industry has gone from niche to mainstream. Its total revenue now exceeds that of both the film and music industries combined. The … Continued
The New York State Bar Association is hosting a global conference in October in Hamburg, Germany, that will feature speakers from all over the world including Cairo, Athens, Tokyo, Milan, Lisbon, Seoul, Glasgow, Kyiv, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Paris, Montréal, and Toronto. U.S. lawyers from Chicago, San Francisco, Hartford, Richmond and Washington, D.C., … Continued
Kathy Suchocki, associate executive director of the New York State Bar Association, was installed as president of the Association for Continuing Legal Education at ACLEA’s annual meeting this past weekend in Montreal. Suchocki, ACLEA’s president-elect for the past year, ascended to the presidency following a successful year implementing the New York State Bar Association’s new … Continued
New York State Bar Association President Kathleen Sweet sent a letter June 26 to New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, expressing “our opposition to the proposed provision in the Senate’s reconciliation legislation that would condition state access to federal broadband funding on a prohibition of state-level regulations of artificial intelligence.” “In 2020, the … Continued
Kathleen Sweet, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement today about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship: “The U.S. Supreme Court did not rule today on the constitutionality of birthright citizenship but on the right of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions pausing the administration’s Executive Orders. The … Continued
Kathleen Sweet, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement about the Legislature’s modernization of the Freedom of Information Law: “Ambiguity in New York’s Freedom of Information Law has led to the public being denied vital and timely information. In 2021, the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Free … Continued
The New York State Bar Association is hosting a free seminar addressing the impact of immigration law enforcement on schools, places of worship, and medical facilities. “Schools, churches, synagogues, mosques and health care centers need to know what actions they can take to protect students, patients and employees while complying with the law,” said Kathleen … Continued
New York State Bar Association President Kathleen Sweet issued the following statement on the passage of A66/S550, which makes New York’s Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Mistreatment fairer to parents: “Anonymous reporting to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Mistreatment is a flawed policy that harms thousands of New York families … Continued