Susan DeSantis

November 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

For the second year in a row, graduates of NYU, Columbia and Cornell performed the best on the New York State bar exam with a 97.9 percent success rate for NYU graduates and the other two schools not far behind. But it was St. John's University that saw the most dramatic improvement from 76.5 percent in July 2016 to 89.2 percent in July 2017.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

November 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Written for a mass audience, the book should be of particular interest to lawyers because of the experiences that inspired Obama to pursue a legal career, the accomplishments of his Harvard Law School education, the advantages that meaningful work experience provided him over his law school classmates, the financial challenges produced by his career choices and the strains those challenges put on his marriage.

By Jeffrey Winn

6 minute read

November 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

On November 1, 2017, Albany attorney Lisabeth—Libby—Harrison died at the age of 69. Most members of the New York bench and bar do not recognize Libby's name. Given her substantial contributions to New York law, that is both unfortunate and unjust.

By David Demarest, Leon D. Lazer, and John R. Higgitt

8 minute read

November 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Members of the board of the Latino Judges Association of New York participated in a community service project at New York City's largest regular soup kitchen on Nov. 19.

By Staff

2 minute read

November 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

For the second time in two years, federal prosecutors have charged foreign businessmen with paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure business deals, with one of the schemes relying on gifts paid to a former president of the United Nations General Assembly.

By The Associated Press

9 minute read

November 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A judge ruled that a federal detention facility in New York must reform how it decides parole for immigrants arriving to the United States who claim persecution in their homelands.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

November 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The former Westchester County district attorney was stopped by a trooper on Sunday afternoon in Tioga County, which is west of Binghamton.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

November 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Courtroom Advocates Project, which helps domestic violence victims in New York City seek orders of protection in Family Court, marked its 20th anniversary on Nov. 16 at a celebration hosted by Proskauer Rose.

By Staff

11 minute read

November 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York Law School won the regional rounds of the 68th Annual National Moot Court Competition, which took place Nov. 15 and 16 at the New York City Bar Association. Fordham Law School took second place.

By Staff

1 minute read

November 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Istanbul prosecutor's office said it is investigating Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Bharara's successor, acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read