If the nation does not do something to address income inequality through logical peaceful means, it will be facing a situation worse than 18th century France, a local economist told members of the Monroe County Bar Association on Friday. In the ...
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Read More »The New York State Bar Association is renewing its call for significant reductions in the use of solitary confinement of inmates and for new protocols for separating violent and nonviolent prisoners. “New York’s correctional system makes too much use of ...
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Reflecting on the importance of a citizen’s right to vote, members of the local bars gathered Thursday for the annual Law Day celebration luncheon. Law Day 2014 was presented at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center by the Monroe County Bar ...
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Read More »Law students who helped hundreds of veterans with their legal matters and a law firm that donated nearly 22,000 hours of pro bono services are among the 18 winners of the New York State Bar Association’s 2014 President’s Pro Bono ...
Read More »A series of New York State Bar Association radio announcements — one on the need for a will and the other on the importance of civics education — hit airwaves across upstate New York this week. President David M. Schraver ...
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Langston D. McFadden grew up in a neighborhood off Goodman Street in Rochester and attended Edison Tech before heading off to college and law school. McFadden, who wanted to be a lawyer as early as the third grade (and his ...
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Read More »James R. Silkenat, president of the American Bar Association, delivered the keynote address at the Bar Association of Erie County’s annual Law Day luncheon Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The bar association presented its annual awards to members of ...
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Read More »The New York State Bar Association extended its sympathy to the family and friends of Angelo T. Cometa, who served as the organization’s president between 1990 and 1991. He died April 16 near Baltimore. “Angelo Cometa made an indelible impact ...
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Read More »A Zambian woman, Tukiya Kankasa-Mabula, will receive the International Bar Association’s 2014 Outstanding Woman Lawyer Award. Given in recognition of professional excellence, influencing other women to pursue careers in law and advancing opportunities for women within the legal profession, the ...
Read More »Supreme Court Justice Rose H. Sconiers will chair a CLE on “Everything You Need to Know About Becoming a Judge,” on May 1 at the Bar Association of Erie County, 438 Main St., Buffalo. Justice Sconiers, who sits on the ...
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Eight hours one day, rest, then, eight hours the next. And that’s just the test-taking part. It’s nowhere near the countless hours spent studying for the bar exam, and each agonizing second waiting for the results. After learning a little ...
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An amendment to restore some of the strengths of the Voting Rights Act, lost through a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, will be among the topics lawyers lobby for this week in Washington, D.C., as part of the American Bar ...
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