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Hunter College High School Crowned NYSBA Mock Trial State Champions
Calling the prosecution’s case as slippery as oil, the Hunter College High School mock trial team earned a not guilty verdict for its client and won the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial State Title. The final trial between…
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The Threat to ABA Accreditation of Legal Education and Its Impact on Licensing of Lawyers
A long-standing system of accreditation for law schools has come under scrutiny under the Trump administration. What’s at stake is nothing less than a sea change in the process that decides who gets to be a lawyer. Having a national…
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How One Attorney Beat Burnout for a Better Life
Overcoming burnout includes changing and challenging negative thought patterns, as well as finding joy. The New York State Bar Association hosted a seminar on identifying the causes of burnout and breaking out of it. Sammy Catone, a former litigator who…
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New Health Law Section Chair Jim Dering Wants To Hear From You
Jim Dering plans on getting on feedback from members as he starts his term as the new chair of the Health Law Section. “To work with the Health Law Section’s other officers and Executive Committee, as well as others, in…
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Celebrating Our History: Lauren Sharkey
In honor of our 150th anniversary, we asked longtime, involved members for their recollections of the New York State Bar Association. Lauren Sharkey, past chair of the Young Lawyers Section, recalled presenting the proposal to remove mental health-related questions from…
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Fayetteville-Manlius Mock Trial Team Returns to States After Four Year Absence
Fayetteville-Manlius long-time mock trial coach Joe Worm is excited to bring a new squad of students back to Albany for the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial state tournament. “We’ve had many long seasons where we came up just…
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Monroe County Mock Trial Team Beats Erie County Juggernaut To Take Region I Title
For the first time in more than a decade, a team from Monroe County is on its way to the state tournament representing Region I, or Western New York, in the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trail tournament. Pittsford…
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AI Accelerates Operational Intelligence, Not Wisdom: The Legal Profession Spent Decades Mistaking One for the Other
The debate over artificial intelligence in law misses the fundamental issue: the profession’s decades-long erosion and underinvestment in the development of the human capacities that technology cannot (and will not) replace. What appears to be a technology problem is an…
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Homeschool Consortium Beats Out Region III Mainstays for Mock Trial Title
The Hudson Valley Homeschool Consortium is headed to the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial State Tournament for the first time in the group’s history, beating out previous state champions Augustine Classical and previous regional winners Albany Academy and…
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Heschel School Returns to Mock Trial State Tournament for Second Time in Three Years
The Heschel School’s mock trial team is energized to return to the state tournament for the second time in three years. The Manhattan school recently won the regional title and the New York City Mock Trial title. “How surreal it’s…
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