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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
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Corporate Agreements, Sample Contract Boilerplate
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Debt Buyers
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Detention of Lawful Permanent Residents
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Determinate Sentences
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Disability Law
Disciplinary Proceedings
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Disclosure of client confidences and secrets; scope of the exception concerning the client's intention to commit a crime.
Disclosure of Expert Witness Information
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Disclosure Requirements
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Disqualifying Securities Offerings
Distressed Businesses
District Attorneys
Diversion Program
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Diversity on the Bench
Diversity Pipeline
Divorce and Maintenance Laws
DNA, Collection of
Domestic Excess Line Insurers
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Domestic Violence Victims
Domestic Violence Victims, Sentencing of
Domestic Violence, Emergency Residential Services
Drones
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Drug Offenders
Drug Prohibition
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E-Discovery
E-Discovery Guide for Lawyers
Education
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Efforts Standards, Contracts
Egypt
Election Law and Voting
Election Law Reform
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Election Procedures
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Electronic Cigarettes
Electronic Discovery
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Electronic Health Records
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Emergency Shelter Allowance
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Entertainment Activities
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Equine Issues
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Ethics Agreements
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Ethiopia
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Ex-offenders
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Family Care Leave
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Family Health Care Decisions Act
Family Law Curricula in Law Schools
Family Leave Benefits
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Farm Animals
FDA
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Federal Judiciary Budget
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal Securities Fraud Class Actions
Fee Dispute Resolution Program
Fee Disputes
Fee Sharing with Non-Lawyers
Fellowship Programs
FEMA
Female Inmates
Feral cats
Fiduciaries, Resignation of
Fiduciary Fees
Filing Fees
Filing Requirements for Foreign Corporations and Foreign Partnerships
Financial Assets
Financial Reporting
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Financial services
Financial statements
First Amendment
Food Assistance Program
Foreign Business in New York
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)
Foreign Investment
Foreign Law, Proof of
Foreign Libel Judgments
Foreign or Sharia Law
Foreign Private Issuers
Foreign Sales of Patented Products
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Foreign Trusts
Formal Ethics Opinion
Forming a Charitable Organization
Foster Care
Fraud Suits
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Freedom of the Press
Fund of Funds
Gambling
Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)
Gender Related Issues
Gender Transition
General Solicitation, Use of
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Laws
Genetic information
Genocide
Going Concern Presumption
Gonzales Attorney General Nomination
Government Ethics, Accountability and Transparency
Government Integrity
Government Lawyers
Government Transparency
Governmental Affairs
Grand Jury
Green Building
Greenhouse Gas
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay
Guardianship Laws
Guardianships
Guatemala
Gun Control
Habeas Corpus
Hague Child Support Convention
Haiti
Harassment
HAVA
Health Care Facilities
Health Care Flexible Spending Arrangements
Health Care System
Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage
Health Services
Healthcare, Health Law and Bioethics
Hearsay
Hedge Exemption
Hedge Funds
HIV Related Law and Policy Issues
Home Buyers & Sellers
Homelessness
Hong Kong
Hospital Visitation Rights - Domestic Partners
Hospitality / Restaurants
Hospitals
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Authority, New York City
Housing Court
Housing Court; Right to Counsel
Housing Discrimination
Human Rights
Human Trafficking
Humane Education
Hurricane
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Relief
Hydrofracking
Identity Theft
Immigrant Representation
Immigration
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
Immigration Courts
Immigration Criminal Offenses
Immigration Detainers
Immigration Reform
Immigration Representation
Immunity
In-House Counsel
Inadvertent Privilege Waiver
Independence of the Judiciary
Independence of the Legal Profession
Independent Account Controllers
Independent Directors
India
Indigent Legal Services
Indigent Litigants
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Informants
Infringement and Injunctive Relief
Infringement Liability
Infringement, Willfulness of
Insurance Holding Company Provisions
Insurance Law
Insurance Regulation
Insurance Regulation, Holding Companies
Intellectual Property
Inter-American Convention
Interactive Data
Interlocutory Appeals
International
International Arbitration Awards
International Arbitrations
International Arbitrations, Discovery in
International Criminal Court
International Human Rights
International Trade
Internet Scams
Interrogation
Interrogations, False Confessions
Intersex
Invading Trust Principal
Investment Advisers
Investment Companies
Investment Management Regulation
Investment Securities
IOLA
IOLTA
Iran
Iraq
Istanbul
JOBS Act
Jones Act
Judge Advocates
Judicial Administration
Judicial Campaigns
Judicial Compensation
Judicial Conduct
Judicial Hearing Officers
Judicial Independence
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Judicial Salaries
Judicial Selection and Conduct
Judicial Service
Judicial Terms
Judiciary Budget
Jurisdiction over Foreign Businesses
Jurisdiction Stripping
Juror Privacy
Jury Instructions, Criminal
Justice Courts
Kenya
Kinship Guardianship
Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program
Labor and Employment
Land Use
Landlord-Tenant
Latin America
Law Enforcement
Law Guardians
Law School
Law School Field Placements
Law Students
Lawyer Advertising
Lawyer Misconduct
Lawyer Well-Being and Mental Health
Lawyer's Quality of Life
Lawyers Assistance Program, Judiciary Budget
Leave Applications, Criminal
Legacies
Legal Education
Legal Malpractice Insurance
Legal Profession
Legal Services Corporation
Legal Services, Civil
Legal Services, Funding of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights, Employment Law
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights, Ukraine
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights
Letterhead, use of
Letters of Caution
Letters of Engagement
Letters of Engagement, ADR
Letters to Government Officials on Various Animal Protection Issues
LGBT Rights
Licensing of Animals
Licensing of Dealers and Exhibitors
Licensing; Military
Life Insurance
Lifetime Trust
Limited Liability Company Law
Lisbon Treaty
Litigation
Litigation Best Practices
Litigation Finance
Livestock
Living Wills
Lobbying
Local Counsel
Loss Contingencies, Disclosure of
Low Income Cooperatives
Magistrate Judges
Maintenance in Divorce Proceedings
Maldives
Managed Long Term Care
Mandatory Mediation, Commercial Division
Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Manifest Disregard of Law Doctrine
Marijuana and Drug Reform
Marine Animals
Marine Environment
Market Manipulation
Mass Disaster Planning
Mass Incarceration
Media and the Arts
Media, the Arts and Intellectual Property
Mediation
Mediation Survey
Medicaid
Medicaid, Managed Long Term Care Plans
Medicaid, Spousal Refusal
Medical Aid in Dying
Medical Marijuana
Member Honors
Mens Rea Reform
Mental Disabilities
Mental Health
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mexico
Microstamping Ammunition
Migration
Military
Military Affairs
Military Affairs and Justice
Military Healthcare Coverage
Military Justice System
Mindfulness
Moldova
Money Market Mutual Funds
Money Markets
Montenegro
Mortgage Assistance--Bridge Loans
Mortgage Foreclosure
Mortgage Foreclosure, Residential
Mortgage Securitization
Mortgages
Multi-Jurisdictional Practice
Multidisciplinary Practice
Multiple Dwellings
Multiple Representations
Municipal Advisors
Municipal ID Program
Museums
Music Rights
Mutual Funds
Myanmar
National Security
New Lawyers
New Lawyers Council
New York City
New York City as Litigant
New York City Commission on Human Rights
New York City Corporate Tax Income
New York City Council
New York City Dept. of Finance
New York City Government
New York City Schools
New York Law and Practice
New York Rebuilding
New York State
New York State Ethics Reform
New York State Law Departments
New York State Legislative Agenda
New York State's Civil and Human Rights Laws
Nigeria
No Contact Rule
No Fault Divorce
Non Profit Organizations, Candidate Related Political Activities
Non-Citizen Defendants
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Non-Discriminatory Medical Care
Non-Lawyer Practice
Non-Party Deponents
Non-Probate Assets
Non-Profit Organizations
Non-Profit Revitalization Act
Noncompete Agreements
Nonprofit Reform
Nonrefundable retainers
North Korea
Northern Ireland
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
NYC Jails
NYC Policy Recommendations
NYS Courts, Judicial Administration and Budget
NYS Judiciary
NYS Legislative Reform/Rules
Offer in Compromise Regulations
Offshore Accounts, Disclosure of
Online Marketplace Lending
Onychectomy
Open Meetings Law
Open Source Software
Orders of Protection
Organ Donation
Organic Standards
Outside Counsel
Outsourcing Legal Support Services
Oversight of Risk Management
Own Risk and Solvency Agreement
Paid Family Leave
Pakistan
Parades
Parent Education
Parental Contact Protocol
Parental Rights
Parential Leave Policies
Parole Regulations
Parole Revocation
Patent Bar
Patent Eligibility
Patent Infringement
Patents and Antitrust Law
Patients rights
Pay Ratio Disclosure
Pay to Play
Pedestrian Plazas
Permanent Employment Certification
Permits, New York City
Pet Groomer Regulation
Pets in Housing
Philippines
Philippines, Temporary Protected Status
Physician-assisted suicide
Physicians, peer review
Piercing the corporate veil
Pleadings
Police Practices
Port Security
Post-Conviction Motions
Posthumously Conceived Children
Poverty
Power in Trust
Power of Appointment
Power of Attorney
Power Plants
Pre-mortem Probate
PREA
Preferential Trade Agreements
Preliminary Conference Orders
Prenuptial Agreements
Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription Pain Medication
Preservation of Documents and Electronic Records
Presidential Impeachment
Presidential Vote
Primary Elections in New York
Prison Rape
Prisoner Reentry into the Workforce
Prisoners
Prisoners Legal Services
Prisoners of War
Prisoners with Mental Disabilities
Prisoners, Isolated Confinement of
Prisons, health care facilities in
Prisons, Special Housing Units
Privacy Act
Privacy Rights
Private Activity Bond Allocation Act
Private Equity
Private Letter Rulings
Private Offerings
Private Placement of Securities
Private Transfer Fees
Private Trust Companies
Privilege Log Practice
Pro Bono
Pro Bono Attorneys
Pro Bono Competencies
Pro Bono Reporting Requirement
Pro Bono Requirement for Bar Admission
Pro Hac Vice Admission
Pro Se Litigants
Probation Sentences
Professional Licensing
Professional Responsibility
Project Finance
PROMESA
Property Interests, Renunciation of
Property Issues
Property Tax Abatement
Property Tax Assessments
Prosecutorial Conduct
Prosecutorial Disclosure
Protected Classes
Protected Orders
Protective Orders
Proxy Rules
Public Assistance
Public Authorities
Public Company Disclosure
Public Service
Publication of Awards
Publication Requirements
Puerto Rico
Purchase Price Adjustment Clause
Qualified Domestic Trusts
Qualifying Longevity Anbuity Contracts
Race in the University Admission Process
Racial Justice
Rail Freight
Raising the Age
Real Estate Form
Real Estate/Property Law/Coop and Condo
Real Property Assessments
Recusal
Redistricting
Reentry and Reintegration
Refugee status
Registered Offerings
Reinsurance
Religious Facilities, the Establishment Clause
Removal Proceedings/Deportation
Renewable Energy
Rent Arrears
Reproductive Health
Reproductive Rights
Request for Judicial Intervention
Residential Mortgage Foreclosures
Retired Lawyers
Revised Uniform Arbitration Act
Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Right of Election
Right of Publicity
Right to Counsel
Right to Housing
Risk Retention Requirements
Rockefeller Drug Law
Rule of Law
Rule of Law, Freedom of Speech
Rules of evidence (NYS)
Russia
Rwanda
Rwanda - Gender-Based Violence
Sale of Condominium
Same Sex Partners
Same Sex Spouses/Permanent Partners, Recognition of in Family Reunification Immigration Laws
Same-Sex Couples
Same-Sex Marriage
Same-Sex Marriage, Recognition of Marriages Performed in Other Jurisdictions
Same-Sex Partners, Immigration Benefits
Sample Mediation Clauses
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
SAVES Act
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Sealing of Criminal Records
SEC Comment Letter
Secondment
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Related Litigation
Securities, Business, and Finance
Securitization
Senate Confirmation
Senior Citizens
Sentencing
Sentencing Enhancements
Sentencing Guidelines
Sentencing Reform
Separate Entity Rule
Serbia
Service Animals
Service of Papers
Setoff Rights
Settlements
Settlements, Judicial Rejection of
Sex and Law
Sex Offender Management Treatment Act
Sex Offenders
Sex Trafficking
Sexual Abuse in Jails
Sexual Assault
Sexual Education
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Orientation
Sexuality Education
Sexually Exploited Children
Shareholder Agreements
Short-Term Borrowing
Short-Term Loans
Short-Term Rentals
Sierra Leone
Single Sex Classrooms
Small Firm Practice
Small Law Firms
Smaller public companies
Social Media
Social Welfare
Social, Urban and Consumer Issues
Solid Waste Management
Solitary Confinement
Solitary Confinement, City Jails
South Africa, Republic of
Sovereign Debt
Spain
Special education
Sperm Donation
Spousal Support
Sri Lanka
State Government
State Monitor
State Secrets
Stem Cell Research
Stop and Frisk
Structured Finance
Student Loans
Sub-Saharan Africa
Substantive Consolidation Opinions
Succession Rules
Sudan
Summary Prospectus
Summons Parts
Supermax Confinement, Prisons
Supplemental Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Surrogacy
Surrogate Decision Making Laws
Surrogate's Court
Surveillance and Lawyer Client Communications
Surveillance, Collection of Metadata
Sustainability
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development and Good Governance
Sustainable Development Goals
Swaps
Swaziland
Syria
Syrian Refugees
Syringe Exchange Programs
Syringe Use
Tanzania
Targeted Killings
Tax Appeals Tribunals
Tax Issues
Tax Patents
Tax Shelters
Tax Treaties - Collective Investment Vehicles
Tax-Exempt Organizations
Tax-Exempt Status
Taxation
Taxation - Corporate Reorganizations
Taxation - Interest on Non-Performing Loans
Taxation - Office of the Taxpayer Rights Advocate
Taxation - Partners/Partnerships
Taxation - Passive Foreign Investment Company
Taxation - Publicly Traded Partnership
Taxation - Rules of Practice
Taxation - Treaties
Taxation Lending Activities by Foreigners
Taxation Partnerships/Partners
Taxicab Accessibility
Teachers
Teenage Mothers
Temporary Practice
Temporary Protected Status
Term Limits
Termination of Tenancy
Terrorism and National Security
Terrorism Prosecutions
Testimony
The Justice System
The Profession, Legal Education and the Organization of the Bar
The Prudent Investor Act
Third-Party Defendants
Title Insurance
Tort Reform
Torture, U.S. Use of
Trade Controls
Trade Secrets
Trademark Dilution
Trademarks
Trail Commissions
Transgender Health Care
Transgender Health Services
Transgender Rights
Transit
Transition Memo
Transitional Care Adults
Transportation and Infrastructure
Treatment of Partner as Employee
TRO
Trump-Pence Presidential Transition
Trustee, Commission of a
Trustees, Role of
Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates, Administration of
Trusts Estate and Gift Taxation
Trusts, State Taxation of
Turkey
Type C nonprofit corporation
U.S. Supreme Court
Uganda
Ukraine
UNCITRAL
Undercover Investigations
Unemployment Discrimination
Unfinished Business Doctrine
Uniform Bar Exam
Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme and County Courts
Uniform Collaborative Law Act
Uniform Commercial Code
Uniform Commercial Code Article 1
Uniform Commercial Code Article 7
Uniform Commercial Code Articles 1, 7 and 9
Uniform Commerical Code Article 9
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
Uniform Mediation Act
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
Uniform Voidable Transactions Act
United Kingdom
United Nations
Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment Act
Unlawful Discrimination
Unpublished Opinions
Unrepresented Litigants
UNSG Selection Process
USDA
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Veterans
Veterinary Issues
Video Games
Vienna Convention
Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women Act
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
Violent Felony Offenders
Visa Work Authorization
Vivisection
Voir Dire
Voter Registration
Voting
Voting Rights
Water Supply
West African Culture
West Bank
Western Sahara
Whistleblower
Women in Combat
Women in Workforce
Women's Equality Act
Women's Rights
Women's Workplace Rights
Word Limitations
Worker Rights
Working Animals
Workplace Accomodations, Pregnant Women
Wrongful convictions
Youthful Offender Status
Zimbabwe

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Independence of Lawyers and Judges Task Force
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Judicial Selection Task Force
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Law Student Perspectives Committee
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Marijuana Legalization & Regulation
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Middle Eastern & North African Affairs Committee
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President's Committee on the Efficient Resolution of Disputes
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Profession, Council on the
Professional Discipline Committee
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Project Finance Committee
Property, Council on
Public Finance Committee
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Public Service Network
Puerto Rico Task Force
Real Property Law Committee
Recruitment & Retention of Lawyers Committee
Rule of Law Task Force
Science & Law Committee
Securities Litigation Committee
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Senior Lawyers Committee
Sex & Law Committee
Small Law Firm Committee - Small Law Firms in NYC
Social Events & Networking Committee
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Special Committee on the Role of Amenities in the Land Use Process
Sports Law Committee
State & Local Taxation Committee
State Affairs Committee
State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
Structured Finance Committee
Task Force on Downtown Redevelopment
Task Force on Employment Opportunities for the Previously Incarcerated
Task Force on Lawyers' Quality of Life
Task Force on Mass Disaster Planning
Task Force on National Security & the Rule of Law
Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession
Task Force on New York City Charter Revision
Task Force on Residential Mortgage Foreclosures
Task Force on the Lawyer's Role in Corporate Governance
Task Force on the New York State Constitutional Convention
Taxation of Business Entities Committee
Technology, Cyber and Privacy Law Committee
Tort Litigation Committee
Torts and Product Liability Committee
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January 25, 2022

NY State Bar Association Says Illegal, ‘Racially Discriminatory’ Bar Application Question Must Be Replaced (New York Law Journal)

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January 24, 2022

Stop asking law students about juvenile records, NY State bar says (Reuters)

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January 24, 2022

NYSBA Asks Courts To Alter ‘Illegal’ Bar Admission Question (Law360)

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January 21, 2022

New York Moves to Ease Police Questions of Would-Be Lawyers (Bloomberg Law)

In the News

October 21, 2021

Critics Say New York’s Inquiry Into Aspiring Attorneys’ Criminal Histories Violates State Law (New York Law Journal)

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June 16, 2021

NYC Bar Wants Arrest Question On Bar Application Amended (Law360)

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June 14, 2021

City Bar Says Court System Should Change Criminal History Inquiry for Would-Be Attorneys (New York Law Journal)

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June 14, 2021

The New York Bar Application and Racial Inequality

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June 1, 2021

Amending Question 26 of the New York Bar Application

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The Hiring Process in New York City: An In-Depth Look into Recent Legal Issues

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February 23, 2015