The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging captured a top national award for “Giving Someone a Power of Attorney for Your Healthcare” brochure from the Center for Plain Language, a national organization dedicated to promoting clear and concise ...

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Members of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department are getting the star treatment. Presiding Justice Henry J. Scudder and members of his staff were the center of attention Tuesday for a video crew from the American Bar Association, sent to tape ...

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The 2011 law school graduate employment figures released by the American Bar Association last week include new requirements designed to increase law school graduate job placement transparency. The data includes, for the first time, figures regarding the number of graduates ...

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New York State Bar Association President Seymour W. James Jr. will receive the American Bar Association’s prestigious 2012 Dorsey Award in recognition of his long career of service providing legal assistance to the poor and disadvantaged. The Dorsey Award is ...

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Grading has been completed for the February 2012 bar examination, as announced last week by the state Board of Law Examiners.   The board examined 4,011 candidates during the two days of testing on Feb. 27 and 28. Graduates of ...

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The American Bar Association has entered into a 15-year lease with Washington Square Limited Partnership LLP, at 1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., where it will occupy 61,000 square feet of the 707,000-square-foot building. The agreement follows the Dec. 16 ...

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The American Bar Association is accepting submissions for its Battle of the Lawyer Bands Contest to be held at the 2012 annual meeting in June in Chicago. Detailed information and entry forms may be found on the association’s website at ...

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A special 2012 Law Day program will feature American Bar Association President William T. “Bill” Robinson III. “We are the envy of all my bar colleagues,” said Mary C. Loewenguth, executive director of the Monroe County Bar Association who spoke ...

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The American Bar Association Monday selected New York City attorney James R. Silkenat to become its president-elect designee, putting him in line to become the first New Yorker to lead the ABA in 25 years. Silkenat, a partner at Sullivan ...

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Underfunding of courts is not unique to New York. American Bar Association President William T. Robinson Wednesday told members of the New York State Bar Association that the magnitude of the problem and scope of responsibility is greater in New ...

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New rules to provide more flexibility and expanded clinical opportunities for law school students will go into effect statewide April 1. The amendments to the educational requirements were announced Thursday by the Court of Appeals and the state Board of ...

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Presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s controversial ideas for the federal judiciary — recall that he said he’d ignore adverse U.S. Supreme Court decisions and even arrest subpoenaed judges and have them hauled before Congress to explain themselves ...

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