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New York Law Journal

The Imperative for New York To Adopt the 2022 Amendments to the UCC

Alan Kolod and Eric Marcus, members of the subcommittee of the NYC Bar Association committee that helped prepare the New York version of the 2022 UCC Amendments, share their views on the importance of New York enacting the new proposed amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Zip Code Matters for People Living in Poverty Who Need a Legal Aid Lawyer

A new American Bar Association survey identifies a significant lack of legal aid lawyers in the U.S. assisting the poor, with a great disparity in some states and in rural areas nationwide.
4 minute read

Law.com

Are Professional Associations Really Valuable?

In the legal profession, joining and maintaining membership in various professional associations is common practice. However, lawyers often overlook the critical question of whether their affiliation with these organizations yields substantial benefits, such as quality referrals and new clients.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawmaker Wants NY State Bar—Not DAs Group—to Set Prosecutors' Ethics Standards

The bill is not meant to punish district attorneys, according to the sponsor's legislative director, but the measure is aimed at ensuring a neutral third party was setting guidelines.
4 minute read

Law.com

ABA Names Longtime Law Dean as First Woman Managing Director of Legal Ed

Rosato Perea is "a brilliant and highly effective leader, a broadly experienced legal scholar, teacher and law school administrator, and a history-maker and ceiling-shatterer as one of the longest serving law deans of color, and women law deans, in history," Anthony Varona, dean of Seattle University School of Law, told Law.com.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY City Bar Reports Cyberattack That Impacted Its Members, Workers

On Oct. 18, the NYCBA learned that between Dec. 2, 2022, to Dec. 24, 2022, an unauthorized actor may have accessed certain personal information located on the city bar's network, the spokesman said.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Report – November 27, 2023

The NJSBA's weekly report.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Slideshow: Bench and Bar Welcome New Judges

Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Rowan Wilson addressed the crowd, who gathered at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian for NYSTLA's Fall Judicial Gala.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Report – November 20, 2023

The NJSBA's weekly report.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The NJSBA Successfully Goes International

The annual meeting in May in Atlantic City is always worth attending, but if one has the means to join the NJSBA in foreign destinations, there are additional benefits to these mid-year meetings.
1 minute read

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