Career News Archive
Buffalo Students Score With Redistricting Map
A team of first-year students from the University at Buffalo Law School has been named a winner of the 2012 New York Redistricting Project. Maps had to contain contiguous districts with equal populations as with a certain number of minority districts. Teams that created compact districts and districts with a competitive number of registered Republicans and Democrats were scored highest.
New Southern District Bankruptcy Chief Praises Court's 'Solid Foundation'
Judge Cecelia G. Morris, who will take over a court with a tighter budget and fewer judges after Arthur J. Gonzalez's departure on March 1, said that she and the other judges would rise to the challenge, crediting the work of her predecessors for creating a court that could withstand the cuts.
$2 Million Gift to Cardozo Backs Family Law and Public Service
Half of the donation will benefit Cardozo's family law program, which will expand family law clinical offerings, increase the number of students receiving summer stipends in family law practice and for lectures, workshops and other activities; the rest of the gift will be used to establish the David Rudenstine Public Service Fellowship Program.
Ferraro Family's Donation to Support Clinic Center
Fordham University School of Law announced that it has received a donation in memory of alumna Geraldine Ferraro to benefit the school's clinical education program.
Q&A: Arthur J. Gonzalez
On March 1, Southern District Chief Bankruptcy Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez will step down after nearly 17 years on the bench to become a full-time professor at the New York University School of Law. In the weeks before his departure, Judge Gonzalez answered the New York Law Journal's questions about his career and the future of bankruptcy law.
Character Committee Interviews Set for Tuesday
The Committee on Character and Fitness for the Appellate Division, First Department, is scheduled to interview candidates on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Obama Urges Increase of 15.5% to Legal Services
That figure is $68 million less than the budget proposed by the independent agency, which provides civil legal aid to the poor.
Justice Department Seeks to Bolster Prosecutor Ranks
Justice officials on Feb. 13 outlined $55 million in proposed new spending, including hiring 184 attorneys.
Suffolk County Attorney Eliminates 12 Lawyer Jobs
The loss of four attorneys from the Family Court Bureau, two from the Municipal Law Bureau, two from the General Litigation Bureau, two from the Real Estate Bureau and two part-time attorneys will save the county up to $1.1 million dollars.
ABA Squares Off With Council Over Handling of LSAT Accommodations
The ABA's House of Delegates voted unanimously on Feb. 6 to adopt a resolution urging the council to "ensure that the exam reflects what the exam is designed to measure, and not the test taker's disability."
MFY Launches Nursing Home Project
MFY Legal Services has launched a project to provide legal advice and advocacy to the more than 40,000 New Yorkers who live in nursing homes and their families.
Bingham Funds Two Fellowships to Help Children
Bingham McCutchen has announced that it will fund two three-year public interest fellowships, one at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, which will use the funds to hire a fellow for its program to protect and promote the educational rights of students with disabilities, and one at Bay Area Legal Aid in San Francisco for its Youth Justice Project.
Attorneys Ordered to Pay Opponent's Costs of Defending Frivolous Suits
Eastern District Judge Denis R. Hurley has ordered attorneys Mitchell A. Stein and Steven Altman to pay just over $75,000 out of an almost $84,000 award in costs for pressing an appeal on a securities fraud suit against a members-only Long Island hunting preserve.
Sheppard Mullin Assists Sudanese Activist Win Asylum
Three attorneys from the New York office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton have succeeded in obtaining asylum for a human rights activist after the Sudanese government kidnapped, tortured and threatened to kill him because of his work.
Challenge to State Ban on Equity Investors Faces Uphill Battle
Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the challenge by Jacoby & Meyers had failed to meet one of the requirements for standing because it had yet to show it had a redressable injury, but that was "only the beginning" of the firm's problems.
Legal Sector Adds Jobs in January
Last month's growth, an addition of 1,000 jobs, represents the industry's greatest one-month uptick in employment since July 2011, when the sector's job rolls swelled by 4,100.
Attorney Sanctions Upheld in 9/11 Conspiracy Case
Dennis Cunningham and co-counsel William W. Veale, who insist that former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld caused the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, were ordered to pay a total of $15,000 in addition to double what the government spent defending against their lawsuit.
Law Firms Join Network to Explore New Ways to Make Practice 'Green'
Nearly 40 law firms have teamed up to create the Law Firm Sustainability Network, a group dedicated to developing "green" law offices. Organized by ecoAnalyze, a New York environmental consulting firm catering to the legal industry, the network was launched last August.
Brooklyn Announces Three Finalists in Search for Next Law School Dean
Nicholas W. Allard, chair of Patton Boggs' political and election law practice in Washington; Janet Levitt, dean at the University of Tulsa College of Law; and Lawrence Solan, a professor at Brooklyn Law School have been selected by the search committee.
Three More N.Y. Law Schools Face Suits Over Placement Information
The team of lawyers behind proposed class actions against the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and New York Law School have followed through with their threat to sue even more schools.
