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New York Law Journal

Law Students = Young Lawyers = Technology

Technology will lead the legal profession and the New York State Bar Association seeks to ensure that law students and young lawyers meet that challenge.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

I Want Jury Trials Too, But It's Too Soon: Letter

Given the ongoing and far from controlled pandemic, would you report for jury duty in a crowded old courthouse with a bunch of strangers?
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Think Twice Before Asking Expunged Marijuana Arrest Records To Be Destroyed

We applaud automatic expungement of marijuana offenses now decriminalized. It may be tempting to take things further and demand that court records be destroyed, but there is almost nothing to be gained by having sealed court records destroyed, and potentially a lot to lose.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Congratulations to Chief Justice Melton on Auburn University honor

State bar applauds chief justice on Auburn student center named in his honor.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Congratulations to GSU Law's Charity Scott on Retirement

She is the founding director of GSU Law's health law program, co-founded the Health Law Partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and helped launch and develop the health law sections of both the Georgia and Atlanta bar associations.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

OCA Doesn't Intervene in Pending Legal Cases

A recent commentary related that, after an "initial rebuff," the Office of Court Administration quietly started dismissing his and others' protest-related summonses, a statement that demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of OCA and the adjudicative process.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Story Behind Ginsburg's Clerkship Is Misleading, Former Clerk Says

Recent coverage of the death of Justice Ginsburg claims that "a federal district judge, Edmund L. Palmieri, … agreed to hire her only after [a Columbia Law School professor] threatened never to send the judge another law clerk if he did not." I was Judge Palmieri's clerk when he interviewed Ruth Ginsburg, and can attest that the "threat", if made, was not the cause of the judge's job offer.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Letter: Justice Ginsburg Deserves a Better Requiem

The Republican indignity, hypocrisy and dissembling on this issue are pretty transparent.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Diversity and Inclusion Meets Virtual Lawyering

Now is thus a good time, with working virtually having been legitimized, for law firms to examine their practices in light of attorney diversity and inclusion and, in particular, increasing opportunities for women.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Letter From Law Grads: Justice Demands Connecticut Enact Diploma Privilege

To put it simply, the bar exam is designed to be taken in person, not online. Software companies will not have enough time to ensure a secure and reliable exam in October.
6 minute read

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