JANUARY 30, 2020: STATE BAR ASSOCIATION REPORT RECOMMENDS THE USE OF ADULT RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN NEW YORK The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will on Friday consider a report from the NYSBA Committee on Cannabis Law supporting the legalization of adult recreational marijuana use in New York. The report from the committee outlines suggested … Continued
JANUARY 29, 2020: UNPRECEDENTED STATE BAR ASSOCIATION PANEL EXAMINES WHITE NATIONALISM AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AMERICA An extraordinary panel of legal, national security and other experts examined “White Nationalism and Domestic Terrorism in America” at the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Presidential Summit Jan. 29 as part of the association’s weeklong 143rd Annual Meeting … Continued
JANUARY 28, 2020: STATE BAR ANNOUNCES GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVE BASED ON COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS AROUND THE WORLD New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) President Henry M. Greenberg today announced that NYSBA has launched a global membership initiative to collaborate with bar associations around the world and support and advance the rule of law. … Continued
JANUARY 23, 2020: NYSBA HONORS LONG ISLAND ATTORNEY WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Ellen Makofsky, principal, Makofsky & Associates, of Garden City, on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the 2020 NYSBA Annual Meeting. “We are … Continued
JANUARY 23, 2020: MEDIA ADVISORY FOR JAN. 27-31, NEW YORK CITY WHITE NATIONALISM AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM, U.S. SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN, STATE OFFICIALS, MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, BAIL REFORM, IMPLICIT BIAS AND DIVERSITY HIGHLIGHT STATE BAR ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL MEETING JAN. 27-31 The New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) 143rd Annual Meeting in New York City Jan. 27-31 will … Continued
JANUARY 23, 2020: DEAN OF BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL AMONG THOSE HONORED BY NYSBA’S TORTS, INSURANCE AND COMPENSATION LAW SECTION Aviva Abramovsky, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Law, will be honored by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law (TICL) Section with the Professor David D. Siegel Award … Continued
JANUARY 23, 2020: STATE BAR HONORS SABIN CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE LAW The Environmental and Energy Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will present its highest honor to the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law on Friday, Jan. 31, at the 2020 Annual Meeting. The Environmental and Energy Law Section Award … Continued
JANUARY 22, 2020: ROCHESTER ATTORNEY WINS STATE BAR’S KAY CRAWFORD MURRAY AWARD Tiffany H. Lee, chief of the appellate division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, is the 2020 recipient of the Kay Crawford Murray Memorial Award presented by the Women in Law Section of the New York State … Continued
JANUARY 22, 2020: NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT HENRY M. GREENBERG SUPPORTS GOVERNOR ON COURT MODERNIZATION New York State Bar Association President Henry M. Greenberg issued the following statement today in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal, included in the Executive budget, to restructure the state’s court system. “The New York State Bar Association … Continued
JANUARY 22, 2020: WHITE PLAINS LAWYER WINS STATE BAR’S ATTORNEY PROFESSIONALISM AWARD White Plains lawyer Angela Morcone Giannini is the 2020 recipient of the Attorney Professionalism Award, given by the Committee on Attorney Professionalism of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). Giannini will receive her award on January 29 during the NYSBA’s Annual Meeting … Continued