Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series. Read the first part here.

Over the next year, lawmakers in Albany, New York could be looking to a number of task forces formed in recent months by the New York State Bar Association for legal and regulatory advice on a host of significant issues, from changes to the state’s laws on parole to governing autonomous cars.

The state bar considers itself uniquely positioned to be a resource for the Legislature on matters that require legal counsel and deliberation, said the association’s president, Hank Greenberg.