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Celebrating Our History: Lauren Sharkey
In honor of our 150th anniversary, we asked longtime, involved members for their recollections of the New York State Bar Association. Lauren Sharkey, past chair of the Young Lawyers Section, recalled presenting the proposal to remove mental health-related questions from…
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Fayetteville-Manlius Mock Trial Team Returns to States After Four Year Absence
Fayetteville-Manlius long-time mock trial coach Joe Worm is excited to bring a new squad of students back to Albany for the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial state tournament. “We’ve had many long seasons where we came up just…
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Monroe County Mock Trial Team Beats Erie County Juggernaut To Take Region I Title
For the first time in more than a decade, a team from Monroe County is on its way to the state tournament representing Region I, or Western New York, in the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trail tournament. Pittsford…
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AI Accelerates Operational Intelligence, Not Wisdom: The Legal Profession Spent Decades Mistaking One for the Other
The debate over artificial intelligence in law misses the fundamental issue: the profession’s decades-long erosion and underinvestment in the development of the human capacities that technology cannot (and will not) replace. What appears to be a technology problem is an…
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Homeschool Consortium Beats Out Region III Mainstays for Mock Trial Title
The Hudson Valley Homeschool Consortium is headed to the New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial State Tournament for the first time in the group’s history, beating out previous state champions Augustine Classical and previous regional winners Albany Academy and…
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Heschel School Returns to Mock Trial State Tournament for Second Time in Three Years
The Heschel School’s mock trial team is energized to return to the state tournament for the second time in three years. The Manhattan school recently won the regional title and the New York City Mock Trial title. “How surreal it’s…
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Incoming Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Chair Maryann Stallone Wants To Get Everyone Involved
Maryann Stallone, the incoming chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, wants to get more people, especially young lawyers, to participate in the section. “If there are individuals who are interested in learning about the section, and want to…
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How Lawyers Can Reduce Anxiety
Setting limits is an important part of reducing anxiety, especially for legal professionals. As part of Well-Being in Law Week, the New York State Bar Association hosted a seminar on how attorneys can manage perfectionism, burnout, and fatigue. Jessica Bedziner,…
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Celebrating Our History: Peter Faber
In honor of our 150th anniversary, we asked longtime, involved members for their recollections of the New York State Bar Association. Peter Faber, past chair of the Tax Section, recollected using the Gettysburg Address to make a point about brevity…
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The Impact of the EU AI Act on the Use of AI-Powered Chatbots
The expansion of large-language-model artificial intelligence has accelerated the global use of conversational AI for commercial purposes. Given the significant opportunities and risks associated with AI, it is not surprising that it caught the regulatory eye. For New York lawyers…
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