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October 07, 2019 | News

Survival of the Fittest: How New York City's LGBT Bar Association Is Redefining What It Means To Be a Bar Association

"I see us getting to a point in 20 years where we don't have dues-paying members at all," said Eric Lesh, executive director of LeGaL, the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York.
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October 02, 2019 | News

Survival of the Fittest: As Membership Declines, the New York State Bar Association Targets Lawyers in Other Countries and States

The state bar is intensifying its recruiting out-of-state and in other countries as membership declines in New York. In 2001, the state bar represented 55.2% of NY lawyers but by 2017 only 38.6% belonged.
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September 23, 2019 | News

Survival of the Fittest: How the New York City Bar Association Sparked the Biggest Jump in Membership in 17 Years

The New York City Bar Association has 900 more lawyers than it did a year ago. The gain is the biggest in 17 years at a time when most bar associations around the country are losing members or barely staying even.
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September 15, 2019 | News

Survival of the Fittest: Millennial Lawyers Are Skipping NY Bar Association Events. We Wanted to Know Why.

Dues are too expensive. The events aren't cool. Everyone in the room is twice my age. No one listens to me. I don't feel like I'm part of the clique. These are the complaints of millennial lawyers who are much less likely to show up at bar association events than lawyers in their 50s or older.
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September 09, 2019 | News

Survival of the Fittest: As Baby Boomers Retire, NY Bar Associations Face Harsh Realities

More than 200 New York bar associations are competing for a shrinking pool of potential members, forcing them to sell their assets, take out loans, share expenses, reduce their staffs and cease operations, according to interviews with more than two dozen bar leaders, legal experts and New York lawyers.
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September 24, 2019 | Letter to the Editor

New Lawyer Institute Brings Millennial Members Into the Fold

The Law Journal's series paints a somewhat gloomy picture of the future of membership. But the New York City Bar Association is not on its heels
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September 17, 2019 | Letter to the Editor

NY Bar Associations Have Failed To Lobby Strenuously for Solos and Small Firms

I expected these associations to seriously lobby for needed reforms in the judicial system, but they have rarely done so except for when the fortunes of the "white-shoe law firms" are at stake.
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September 13, 2019

Extolling the Benefits of Joining a Bar Association

When you come across another attorney in an adversarial setting, but you have at least seen each other at bar association gatherings, it makes communications easier. As we all know, people are likelier to rein in their worst impulses around people that they know.
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