Posted in Law Students, Professional Responsibility on Feb 11th, 2013
From the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law: As part of the Public Integrity Act of 2011, New York State implemented the nation’s first system of disclosure for funding sources of specified lobbying entities spending in excess of $50,000 per year on lobbying expenditures. This requirement seeks to end the practice of [...]
Posted in Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Immigration Law, Law Students, Professional Responsibility on Dec 19th, 2012
It is the time of the year to remind you all about our recent additions to our Law in Film Collection. Anyone with library borrowing privileges may check DVDs from our collection out for up to five days at no charge. Our collection is located on the main level of the library. The following are [...]
Posted in Professional Responsibility on Oct 5th, 2012
On May 1, 2012, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced that starting next year prospective lawyers will be required to complete 50 hours of Pro Bono work to sit for the New York State Bar. Beginning in January 2013, a new rule affecting bar admission in New York will be in effect. All candidates seeking admission after January [...]
Posted in Law Students, Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility on Sep 10th, 2012
Via the (new) legal writer blog post titled Cite Right, take a look at an article in the New York Law Journal, The Fine Art of (Persuasively) Citing Cases written by Harry Steinberg. The article shows that citation matters; and it matters a lot. Mr. Steinberg focuses on New York practice and uses examples of [...]
Posted in Courts, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, International Law, Law Students, Professional Responsibility on Jul 10th, 2012
It is the time again to let you all know about the new additions the library has recently acquired for our Law In Film Collection, which is located on the main floor of the library. All patrons with borrowing privileges may check any of those movies out for up to five (5) days and for free. [...]
Posted in Corporate, Finance and Securities Law, Environmental Law, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility on Oct 25th, 2011
Pace Law Library produces legal research guides in number of subjects. Currently the library has 47 legal research guides. All guides are listed in alphabetical order, and users may browse them by subject or author. All guides are also fully searchable if user is looking for a specific information. Legal Research Guides can be very [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility on Mar 11th, 2011
In an ABA Journal posting a lawyer in South Carolina was suspended from practice for 60 days for incivility. The lawyers breach consisted of sending a letter to the town manager regarding a zoning question involving his client, a church. “The missive accuses McIver (the town manager) of making false statements about the zoning matter, and goes on [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility on Mar 11th, 2011
In another ABA Journal posting a Massachusetts lawyer was reprimanded by the State’s Board of Bar Overseers for failing to include ellipses when removing language from a quotation. The lawyer presented a brief in which the statement of facts consisted of a quote from the court below. This implied that the quote included all of the facts [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing, Professional Responsibility on Mar 11th, 2011
In a recent 7th Circuit case, the court affirmed a lower court decision holding that the appellant had submitted a rambling brief that far exceed the Court’s 14,000 word limit. An ABA Journal posting quotes the opinion written by Judge Posner “The flagrancy of the violation in this case might well justify the dismissal of the appeal: [...]
Posted in Law and Technology, Professional Responsibility on Feb 15th, 2011
In today’s New York Law Journal, Shari Claire Lewis has a informative article about how the New York courts are dealing with social media and discovery issues. “Courts Grapple with Discovery of Posts” focuses on two New York cases: Romano v. Steelcase, Inc., 907 N.Y.S. 2d 650 (Sup. Ct. Suffolk Co. 2010) and McCann v. Harleysville Ins. [...]
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