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New York Law Journal

NYCLA Honors Richter

First Department Justice Rosalyn Richter received the New York County Lawyers Association's Capozzli Gavel Award Friday at the bar group's annual Law Day luncheon at Cipriani Wall Street.
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National Law Journal

With Ph.D. Hiring Trend, Who'll Help Law Students Find the Courthouse?

OPINION: ABA wants practical instruction, but more faculty lack "real-world" experience.
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National Law Journal

Opposition to Arizona Law School's Use of GRE Fizzles

The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law will remain a member of the Law School Admission Council—for now. The council, which administers the Law School Admission Test, informed Arizona law dean Marc Miller by letter Saturday that the Tucson law school will be allowed to remain in its membership ranks “for the time being.”
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Bar Association Expresses Opposition to Conn. MCLE Proposal

The New Haven County Bar Association (NHCBA) has not historically advanced formal positions on controversial issues affecting the legal profession. The matter of mandatory or minimum continuing legal education, however, has inspired the attention of so many of our members that we thought it appropriate to publicly articulate our position.
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Daily Business Review

Milestone Election Takes Asian to Bar Leadership

Fort Lauderdale llitigator Jay Kim, the first Asian-American member of the Florida Bar board of governors, talks about his goals and what he overcame to reach this milestone.
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National Law Journal

149 Deans Back Arizona Law School's Use of GRE Scores

Deans from a majority of the country's law schools are urging the Law School Admission Council not to eject the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law from its membership for using both the LSAT and the GRE in admissions—a new initiative the school unveiled in February.
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New York Law Journal

Lynch Receives Learned Hand Award

Judge Gerard Lynch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit received the Learned Hand Medal for excellence in federal jurisprudence from Federal Bar Council at the group's Annual Law Day Dinner Tuesday.
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New York Law Journal

Addressing Civil Legal Services

New York City Human Resources Administration commissioner Steven Banks was one of seven speakers at the New York City Bar Association Monday evening discussing the impact of expanding civil legal services for low-income New Yorkers.
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Texas Lawyer

State Bar of Texas Monitoring Ken Paxton's Criminal Case

If Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is convicted of crimes and sentenced, the matter would be ripe for the Commission for Lawyer Discipline to file a compulsory discipline petition seeking Paxton's disbarment.
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New York Law Journal

City Bar Selects 2016 Diversity Champions

The New York City Bar Association announced its 2016 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award recipients. They are: Dennis Hopkins, a partner at Perkins Coie; Rosalyn Richter, an Appellate Division, First Department, justice; and Conway Ekpo and Joseph Tillman, founding members of the group 1844.
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