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Connecticut Law Tribune

Diversity and Inclusion Are Themes for New CBA President

With changing politics, technologies and business models affecting the legal industry in a state mired in a seemingly endless fiscal crisis, the Connecticut Bar Association's new president, Karen DeMeola, begins her term amid many challenges, but she says she is up to the task.
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New York Law Journal

State Bar Recognizes Lincoln Center's GC

Lesley Rosenthal, the executive vice president and general counsel of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, was honored with the New York State Bar Association's Root/Stimson Award.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Bar Council Awards Pro Bono Work

The Federal Bar Council presented its Thurgood Marshall Awards for exceptional pro bono service during its summer kickoff reception Thursday at Battery Gardens in Manhattan.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Bar Training Program Shrinks to 31 Participants

A Florida Bar training program lauded by participants for having helped diversify the pool of applicants that become active in bar committees and leadership has shrunk this year to half its original size.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Bar Celebrates LGBT Legal Advocacy

The New York City Bar Association presented the Arthur S. Leonard Award to Noah E. Lewis, executive director of Transcend Legal, and Kim Forte, supervising attorney of the Legal Aid Society, during its 2017 LGBT Pride Reception on Wednesday
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Bar Sues to Shut Down 'Fictitious' Firm

After a Houston lawyer learned his photo is on the website of a fictitious estate planning firm in Houston, the firm is hit with a lawsuit and an investigation.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

NYSBA Makes Ganfer & Shore Partner Chair of New Legal Tech Education Committee

Mark Berman will head a committee tasked with examining how fields like AI, e-discovery and cybersecurity are impacting the practice of law.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Nontraditional Representation Faces Latest Growing Pains

New Jersey lowered the boom on AVVO and LegalZoom the other day, finding their practice models violated a number of ethics rules, including fee sharing with nonlawyers and operation of an unlicensed referral service. I doubt this marks the end of them — it's more like a speed bump — but what our chief justice had to say the other day on alternative forms of dispute resolution is probably much more important.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alicia Grahn Jones, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Practice Profile: Jones works in trademark clearance, prosecution and litigation. She has represented clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's…
2 minute read

The Recorder

State Bar Lacks 'Effective Controls' on Spending, Audit Says

Despite enduring a year of withering criticism from California lawmakers, the state bar still isn't doing enough to track and rein in spending, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
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