Leadership roles in various bar activities and 20 years of legal experience are among the qualifications Elizabeth A. Wolford listed in her questionnaire for consideration for nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Wolford ...

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Several judicial vacancies exist in the Fifth and Seventh judicial districts, as recently announced in accordance with Part 150 of the rules of the chief administrator of the state courts. The vacancies will be filled by election in November. In ...

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New law school graduates prospects for meaningful employment as an attorney are decidedly bleak, and beginning in February, law schools won’t be able to put such a rosy spin on it for prospective students. As representatives of local hiring agencies point out, many area firms have hiring freezes ...

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State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Scudder, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, on Tuesday will face a challenge from a downstate candidate in his bid for re-election. Stephen J. Lynch of Suffolk County ...

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Five of the six candidates running for three Monroe County Court judgeships have sat on a judicial bench and the other came close. One currently holds a seat on the county court bench and ...

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