Ethics Opinion 1055
Topic: Municipal employee, business transaction with client, personal conflict of interest
Topic: Municipal employee, business transaction with client, personal conflict of interest
New York State Bar Association President Glenn Lau-Kee today called on Governor Cuomo and the state Legislature to enact a bill increasing the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18 years old. “It is time to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Research demonstrates that 16- and 17-year-old kids lack the … Continued
New York will adopt the Uniform Bar Exam beginning in July 2016, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has announced. The decision by the state Court of Appeals, which oversees admission to the bar, makes New York the largest of 16 states requiring applicants to pass the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). In addition, New York applicants will … Continued
Judge Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson and Jacquelyn D. Greene have been honored with the 2015 Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare, given by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Children and the Law. The awards, presented on May 7 at the State Bar Center in Albany, recognize the … Continued
Twenty recipients were honored with 2015 President’s Pro Bono Service Awards May 5 in Albany. President Glenn Lau-Kee (Kee & Lau-Kee) and President-elect David P. Miranda (Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti), co-chair of the President’s Committee on Access to Justice, recognized the honorees during a luncheon at the State Bar Center. “Attorneys in New York … Continued
Experts to Explore Challenges and Opportunities of Practicing Law in a Global Marketplace The International Section of the New York State Bar Association will hold its biennial Global Law Week from May 12—May 15 in New York City, offering four days of engaging lectures, seminars and panel discussions on an array of timely topics in the field of … Continued
Karen P. Simmons, executive director of the Children’s Law Center (CLCNY) in Brooklyn and an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School, is the 2015 recipient of the Kay Crawford Murray Award, presented by the Committee on Women in the Law of the New York State Bar Association. The award, which Simmons will receive on May … Continued