The Monroe County Bar Association has announced its opposition to a federal budget proposal to eliminate the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). The independent nonprofit LSC was established by Congress in 1974 to provide financial support for civil legal services to low-income Americans. LSC ...

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The new Casemaker legal research service included with a Monroe County Bar Association membership as of Wednesday will save members thousands of dollars. Eileen Buholtz, a partner at Connors, Corcoran & Buholtz PLLC, a small Rochester firm, said that she ...

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Attorneys in New York may soon be required to get what some call sensitivity training. New York state court officials are considering a new proposal to require lawyers to complete a one-hour CLE every two years on the topic of ...

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The legal service agencies in the Telesca Center for Justice are planning to create a new reception area on the first floor and basement of the building at 1 W. Main St. Kevin Ryan, executive director of the Monroe County ...

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Excellent music, delicious food, and loads of camaraderie filled Harro East Ballroom on Oct. 21 as the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar enjoyed its sixth annual Jazz for Justice event. Foundation funds are granted annually to community programs such ...

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  Access to justice for low-income individuals is a troubling topic, and there is no Gideon on the civil side of the justice system to ensure representation as Gideon v. Wainright, 372 US 335 (1963) does for criminal defendants. The ...

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Monroe County Bar Association officials are hoping to find out in the coming year exactly why Republicans are refusing to participate in the Bar’s judicial candidate evaluation process. Monroe County Republican Chairman Bill Reilich sent a letter to the Bar ...

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Mark Moretti is cautious about setting overly ambitious goals for the coming year as president of the Monroe County Bar Association. But that doesn’t mean he won’t take on some important issues. “When every Bar leader comes in they want ...

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Kevin Ryan, the current director of education and communication at the Vermont Bar Association, has been named executive director of the Monroe County Bar Association. Ryan will start working remotely for the MCBA on a part-time basis on April 11 ...

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The Monroe County Bar Association has released its ratings of seven judicial candidates. State Supreme Court: Charles A. Schiano  Jr., highly qualified Monroe County Court: Melissa L. Barrett, qualified Matthew D. Nafus, highly qualified Samuel L. Valleriani, qualified Monroe County ...

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Two grants totaling $10,000 have been awarded to the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar Association from the U.S District Court for the Western District of New York. The grants will be used to increase diversity in the Rochester legal ...

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Curtis Johnson, chairman of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section, with Jane Marie Brown (left), a law clerk in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York, and Chloe Krouse, also a law clerk for the ...

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