New York state court officials have agreed to remove mental health-related questions from the state bar application. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore made the announcement Wednesday during her State of the Judiciary address. New York is the 11th state to remove such ...

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The New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) House of Delegates has adopted a report recommending the elimination of all mental health questions in the application for admission to the bar in New York state. The report was prepared by NYSBA’s ...

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A task force of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will hold a hearing in Rochester on Friday on the impact of the adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam in New York state three years ago. The hearing scheduled ...

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The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Committee on Cannabis Law will study potential legalization of adult recreational marijuana in the state and issue a report on possible impacts. Under the Compassionate Care Act of 2014, only New Yorkers with ...

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Henry M. “Hank” Greenberg, of Albany, has become the 122nd president of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). Greenberg will serve a one-year term as president. He succeeds Michael Miller, of New York City. Sherry Levin Wallach, of White ...

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Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley will implement a conviction integrity unit for her office, just as the New York State Bar Association approved a report that recommends conviction integrity units in every county. “I have been working to put ...

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The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has fomed a task force to review New York’s bar examination in light of the state’s May 2015 adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), which is now used by over 30 states. ...

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New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) President Sharon Stern Gerstman on Thursday called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature to reform the state’s discovery law in criminal cases. “We urge that you recognize the critical need for significantly ...

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The New York State Bar Association will kick off a campaign this week in support of a constitutional convention. New York voters will decide on Nov. 7 whether to authorize a convention that could propose changes to the state Constitution. ...

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The New York State Bar Association and the New York Bar Foundation are sponsoring a new website called the Immigration Pro Bono Portal that connects volunteer attorneys with legal service organizations from around the state to serve immigrant communities. The ...

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Across New York state, women attorneys are underrepresented in courtrooms and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) venues, according to a report issued by the Commercial & Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. The report entitled If ...

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Monroe County Bar Association Executive Director Kevin Ryan has been named to a 17-member committee created by the New York State Bar Association to examine the impact of technology— including artificial intelligence, e-discovery, data privacy and cybersecurity—on the way attorneys ...

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