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Something for Everyone at First In-Person Annual Meeting in 3 Years
The New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting is returning to the Hilton Midtown for the first time in three years, and the six-day conference is jam-packed with a variety of panel discussions and social gatherings including a gala dinner…
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NYSBA Trailblazer Maryann Saccomando Freedman Speaks Out
She is a trailblazer in the legal profession and at the New York State Bar Association. Host David Miranda talks to NYSBA’s first female president, Maryann Saccomando Freedman, in the latest episode of “Miranda Warnings.” Freedman served as president of…
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Unjust Punishment: The Impact of Incarceration on Mental Health
Sadly, a defining feature of our nation is its legacy of punishing rather than humanely caring for people with mental illness. Yet, the solutions needed to break this legacy already exist. It is well past time to pledge ourselves to…
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Mobile Homes on Rented Land: Why Steckel II Needs Updating
Like light, which is both a wave and a particle at once, a mobile home affixed to the ground can be either real or personal property, depending on legal context. For lien perfection purposes, a mobile home is personal property.[1]…
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6 KPIs Any Law Firm Can Use to Measure Success
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have become commonplace in today’s business landscape, so much so that some may think of it as merely a buzzword. While the term may sound like nothing but jargon, it essentially refers to the business metrics…
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What Lawyers Can Do When Pet Abuse and Domestic Violence Intersect
Animal abuse is so tightly linked to domestic violence that it is unlikely to find abuse of a partner or child in a house with pets where abuse of the pet is not also present.[i], [ii] Often, this connection is…
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New York State Bar Association Commences Lawsuit To Raise 18-B Rates
Children and indigent adults are being deprived of their constitutional rights to meaningful and effective representation in the criminal and family courts because pay for assigned counsel in the state has not been increased in 18 years, the New York…
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NYSBA Signs Partnerships with Law Societies of England, Wales and Scotland
In London today, New York State Bar Association President Sherry Levin Wallach signed a memorandum of understanding with the Law Societies of England, Wales and Scotland and the Bar Council of England and Wales. The signing ceremony took place at…
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New York State Bar Association Begins Review of Candidates for Chief Judge
Members of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee to Review Judicial Nominations are prepared to begin interviewing the seven nominees for chief judge that the Commission on Judicial Nominations submitted to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Nov. 23. The committee…
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2022 Midterms: What’s Next for NY State Legislature and the Congress?
We have an election 2022 wrap up on this episode of Miranda Warnings Roundtable. Despite a closer than usual race for governor in New York and the four House seats that flipped to Republican control, the Democrats swept statewide offices…
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