As the director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, Elora Mukhurjee has been to the U.S./Mexico border twice. Each time she provided legal services to asylum seekers but it was a trip in June 2019 to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) facility in Texas where she got a first-hand look … Continued
NYSBA President Scott M. Karson issued the following statement today: The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) supports the George Floyd Justice in Policing bill that the House of Representatives passed today. Ever since the tragic death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 25, 2020, NYSBA’s Task Force on Racial Injustice and … Continued
Accepting an award from the New York State Bar Association this month, Professor Bennett Gershman will discuss how lawyers allowed former President Donald Trump to subvert the rule of law, undermine constitutional rights and engage in conduct destructive of democracy.
Betty Lugo, a founding member of Pacheco & Lugo, the first Hispanic women-owned law firm in New York, received the 2020 Ruth G. Schapiro Memorial Award on Tuesday during the New York State Bar Association’s Women in Law section meeting.
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, a partner at Paul, Weiss in New York City, will be the keynote speaker at a “virtual lunch” held by the New York State Bar Association’s Judicial Section from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, the final day of the association’s two-week Annual Meeting. Chief … Continued
Scott M. Karson, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement in response to President Joseph Biden’s executive order lifting restrictions on transgender military service members: “Today we celebrate a decision that brings us another step closer to a stronger and more inclusive armed forces. The New York State Bar Association … Continued
New York State Attorney General Letitia James will deliver the keynote address and receive an award for her leadership and commitment to advancing access to justice for all New Yorkers by the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) President’s Committee on Access to Justice (PCAJ) on Thursday, Jan. 21 at the 2021 NYSBA Annual Meeting.
Named in honor of Kay Crawford Murray, this award honors an individual, who in the spirit of Ms. Murray, recognizes the value of diversity in the legal profession and is committed to advancing attorneys who are women. Murray, who passed away in 2018, was the first recipient of the award in 2008.
The award recognizes those who have made a major contribution to international peace, global understanding, and democracy. UNODA will receive the award on Jan. 27 during NYSBA’s Annual Meeting.
Justice Kennedy will receive the 2021 John E. Higgins, Esq. Diversity Trailblazer Award and Justice Chambers will receive the inaugural Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Beacon Award — both awards are being presented by the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion.