The New York Bar Exam Results Are Out! (July 2017)
How did test-takers fare on this summer's exam?
New York State Bar Association Sides Against Consumers On Access to Legal Services
What does the NYSBA find so wrong with Avvo's access to legal services program?
LexisNexis Practical Guidance Rolls Out Dedicated Practice Area for AI & Technology
The new generation of AI-related legal issues are inherently cross-disciplinary, implicating corporate law, intellectual property, data privacy, employment, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
The Art Of The Possible: New York Nominees For Federal Judgeships And Prosecutor Posts
The Trump administration shows a willingness to compromise on nominees.
Women Continue To Be Shut Out As Lead Counsel
Women's voices are seldom heard in New York courts.
Death Of Judge Abdus-Salaam Officially Ruled A Suicide
The noted jurist died in April.
Overlap In August: ABA Annual Meeting And ILTACON
You're sure to meet terrific and passionate lawyers and other legal professionals at these events.
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
The Best And Worst States For Litigation Finance (Part II)
And the most attractive states for investing in litigation are....
Crime That Might Pay
How do you balance the First Amendment right of free speech with the societal imperative to punish people for crime?
Non-Sequiturs: 05.31.17
* What you can learn from Tiger Woods's DUI arrest. [Versus Texas] * Are we in the new age of monopolies? [Salon] * This is reading an awful lot into unanimous Supreme Court decisions. [Washington Post] * New York isn't the liberal utopia you might think it is. [Jezebel] * The election law gap between red states and blue states. [Election Law Blog] * In NYC? Then join WNYC’s All Things Considered host Jami Floyd for a conversation about Loving v. Virginia on June 12th. [The Greene Space] * Call off the lawyers. [Law and More] * What's the opposite of banning something? [Huffington Post] * Theorizing over Jared Kushner's motivation. [Slate]
Nevada: Go For The Gambling, Stay For The Surrogacy Parental Rights
Good news out of Nevada for surrogacy supporters.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Lawyerly Lairs: A Tax Lawyer’s (Upper) West Side Story
The brutal Manhattan real estate market is the great leveler.
New York’s February Bar Exam Results Are Lookin’ Good Thanks To The UBE
What a pleasant surprise. Congratulations to those who passed!
Death Of Judge Abdus-Salaam Now Being Treated As Suspicious
There is a dispute over whether the death of Judge Abdus-Salaam was a suicide, as originally suggested.
Body Of First Muslim, African-American Woman Judge Appointed To New York Court Of Appeals Found In Hudson River
A terrible blow for the legal community.
Clerk Jumps To His Death From 10th Floor Of Manhattan Law Firm
"It looked like he was stressed as hell."