New York State Bar Association
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CourtsA Deep Dive Into One Of The Most Impactful Federal Judges Of The Last 30 Years
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Biglaw, Sponsored ContentThe 2022 Milton Handler Lecture: Refocusing Antitrust Enforcement On Competition
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BiglawNew York Wants Firms To Cap Attorneys' Billable Hours. HAHAHAHAHAHA [Sad Face]
I'll take things that will never happen for $100, Alex.
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Should Vaccines Be Mandatory To Protect The Public? New York State Bar Seems To Thinks So
Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots! Why not everybody? -
Biglaw, Sponsored Content4 Tips For Navigating The COVID-19 Crisis
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BiglawThe Plan To Reopen Biglaw (And The Rest Of The Legal Profession)
The state bar wants lawyers to get back to the office quickly. -
Law SchoolsWill New York Administer A Bar Exam This Summer? This Task Force Will Decide.
What's the verdict on COVID-19 and the bar exam? This could be really, really problematic. -
Biglaw5 Issues On The Minds Of Managing Partners
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" -- or manages a law firm in 2020. 
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Law SchoolsNew York Considers Removing Questions About Mental Health From Bar Exam Application
This is an important change that will eliminate a barrier to mental health treatment. -
Law SchoolsTask Force To Determine Whether Uniform Bar Exam Leads To New Lawyers Being Unprepared To Practice Law
Just because you passed the bar exam, it doesn't mean you know how to practice law. -
Screw-UpsNew York State Bar Association Thinks Africa Is A Country
This isn't the first time lawyers have made this faux pas. -
Legal EthicsNew York State Bar Association Sides Against Consumers On Access to Legal Services
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Legal Ethics, TechnologyNew Guidelines: ABA On Email And NYSBA On Social Media
What new ethics rules must lawyers abide by?
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Labor / Employment, Legal EthicsLaw Firms Can Bill Out Unpaid Labor Because Why Not Make Money For Nothing?
The New York State Bar Association tells lawyers to go right ahead and bill for that unpaid employee. -
Bar Exams, California, Women's Issues
Bar Exam Day One: No Right To Tampons Or Pencils, But Valets Are Okay
Gender and technological discrimination abounds during the first day of the bar exam. -
3rd Circuit, American Bar Association / ABA, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Federal Government, Free Speech, Guns / Firearms, Legal Ethics, Money, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, Pornography
Morning Docket: 04.18.12
* Since you’re so funny, crack some jokes about this one, Obama. Senate Republicans will be filing an amicus brief in support of a challenge to the constitutionality of the President’s recess appointments. [New York Times]
* Thanks to this Third Circuit ruling, you can rest easy knowing that you can rely on the First Amendment to protect your homemade sex tapes from all of those strict porn record-keeping and labeling requirements… for now. [Reuters]
* Due to Kelley Drye’s EEOC settlement, the New York State Bar Association is asking firms to end mandatory retirement policies. Because old folks need to make bank till they croak. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* The ABA’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 has decided to ditch its proposal to allow limited nonlawyer ownership of law firms. Cue tears and temper tantrums from the likes of Jacoby & Meyers. [Am Law Daily]
* “If I believe that Chris Armstrong is a radical homosexual activist, I have a constitutional right to express that opinion.” Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell that to the judge who dismissed your suit, Shirvell. [Detroit Free Press]
* Presenting “her royal hotness”: apparently Pippa Middleton has been seen cavorting around France with gun-toting lawyer Romain Rabillard, of Shearman & Sterling. [Daily Mail]
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Drinking, Technology
NY State Bar Wants to Help All the Alcoholic Lawyers Out There
Attorneys tend to be a work-hard, play-hard bunch. After all those long days, it can feel really nice to unwind with a Manhattan at the end of the day. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that. That said, nobody wants to end up like Paul Newman’s character in The Verdict, a washed-up, alcoholic ambulance chaser. And it […]
