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March 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Fordham Law School has opened its Center on Race, Law and Justice. The center will bring together Fordham professors from various disciplines to produce scholarly works and policy recommendations on topics such as the role of law in structuring racial inequality.

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February 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Floyd Abrams, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel who has argued numerous high-profile First Amendment cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, was the keynote speaker at a symposium sponsored by Brooklyn Law School on Friday, where he discussed notable opinions by Justice Antonin Scalia in cases pertaining to free speech.

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February 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis Douglass and state Assemblyman Keith Wright were recognized Thursday at the Manhattan Supreme Court's 26th annual Black History Month celebration, and the Nassau County Courts Black History Committee and the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association presented awards Friday.

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January 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon administered the oath of office to Eastern District Judge Ann Donnelly on Friday. Donnelly had been a Court of Claims judge and acting Manhattan Supreme Court justice before the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination to the federal bench.

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January 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Bar Association held its annual 'Twelfth Night' talent show on Friday with a performance of "Professional Pitfalls: Lyrical Lessons for Lawyers."

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January 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Peggy Kuo was invested as an Eastern District magistrate judge at a ceremony Tuesday at the U.S. Courthouse in Brooklyn. She is the first Taiwanese-American federal judge in New York.

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January 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Peggy Kuo was invested as an Eastern District magistrate judge at a ceremony Tuesday at the U.S. Courthouse in Brooklyn. She is the first Taiwanese-American federal judge in New York.

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December 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Christmas Eve adoptions were performed Thursday in the courtroom of Nassau County Surrogate Edward McCarty.

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December 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Christmas Eve adoptions were performed Thursday in the courtroom of Nassau County Surrogate Edward McCarty.

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November 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Federal Bar Council presented its Emory Buckner Medal, which recognizes outstanding public service, to Eastern District Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon and Southern District Chief Judge Loretta Preska at its 2015 Thanksgiving Luncheon on Wednesday.

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