Preparing for the Bar Articles
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NY Bar Reports ‘Immigrant Representation’ in Dire Straits
According to a report that has been approved by the house of delegates of the New York Bar Association on this...
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Parole Possibilities for Teen Murderers Serving Life without Parole
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of...
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Skill Enhancement for Paralegals: Legal Writing and Public Speaking
Paralegals and their supervisors are constantly frustrated because most paralegal training courses are...
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Court Upholds Indiana Law Banning Sex Offenders from Internet Social Networks
On Friday, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, upheld the law in Indiana that bans registered sex-offenders from...
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Class-action Granted to Lawsuit Alleging Price-fixing by Major Freight Railroads
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman of the District of Columbia court certified a class to eight...
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Rent-Controlled Apartment Cannot Be Distributed In Divorce
On Wednesday, the Appellate Division, Second Department, New York found that a rent controlled apartment...
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Appellate Court Overrules Pension Board to Recognize Disability Related to 9/11
On Tuesday, the Appellate Division, First Department, found that the Pension Board had erred in repeatedly...
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Appeals Court Holds Restraints Need To Be Justified Before Verdict, Not After
On Friday, a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department reversed a burglary conviction...
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How Arizona’s SB1070 Puts the Police in a Fix
Arizona’s controversial 2010 immigration law, which is waiting to be upheld by the Supreme Court, has the...
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Sidley Austin Sued for Malpractice in Rare FCPA Controversy
On June 6, in a rare action of malpractice against a law firm involving FCPA diligence, Watts Water...
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Appeals Court Clarifies Conflict between SORA and FCA over Sex Offenders
On Wednesday, the Appellate Division, Second Department, New York clarified an important conflict over the...
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State Human Rights Division Cannot Deal Complaints against Public Schools
In an opinion that saw the panel sharply divided and judicial logic backed by terse comments, the Court of...
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No Time Limit is Applicable on No-Fault Divorce: NY Fourth Department
On Friday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department of New York, held that while the statute of limitations...
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