By Christine Charnosky | August 9, 2022
The resolution was withdrawn to await further consideration and discussion with other entities, an ABA spokesperson told Law.com on Monday.
By Jason Grant | August 4, 2022
"We agree that once ballots have been cast and election day is passed, no new laws or regulations can be enacted to disturb the choice of the voters. … That principle, clearly expressed in the pending legislation, is critical to the rule of law and to a free and fair procedure for electing the president and vice-president," said the City Bar Association.
By Jason Grant | July 22, 2022
The state bar passed a seven-page resolution urging "the UN to investigate and prosecute members of the Russian military and government for violations of international law, including human rights violations, crimes against humanity and aggression."
By Jason Grant | July 19, 2022
"This conversation has been a long time coming," said Natalie Gomez-Velez, a law professor at the City University of New York School of Law and a co-chair the task force. "We cannot shrink from the reality of how this country treats the people it has colonized. The time for change has come."
By Jason Grant | June 23, 2022
The recommendations, which range from "professionalizing" hiring and training for election board officers to establishing an officer "code of conduct" to establishing an "elections inspector general" position, came from the bar group's 11-member Task Force on Voting Rights and Democracy.
New York Law Journal | Diversity in the Raw
By Jason Grant | June 21, 2022
Tanya Martinez-Gallinucci, a former litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, middle school teacher in the Bronx and Washington Heights, and an attorney with multiple degrees who grew up attending New York City public schools, will take over as the new executive director of the city bar association's Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, according to a news release.
By Jason Grant | June 9, 2022
"The constitutional amendment passed by two separately elected state Legislatures and approved by the voters in [2014] was supposed to 'fix' the hyper-partisan decennial redistricting process," a bar association said in a news release, before adding that the "supposed" solution was "a failure."
By ALM Staff | June 7, 2022
Over the last three decades, the New York State Bar Association has had few occasions to be led by someone who came directly from a low-income legal services…
By Jason Grant | May 27, 2022
"I have a deep passion to honor equal justice for all," said Wallach during an interview. "I hope that this position will give me that privilege."
By Andrew Denney | May 19, 2022
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