Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery – By Samuel W. Seymour

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 - 3:33pm by Administrator

One of the darkest aspects of globalization has to be the proliferation of human trafficking. The U.S. State Department estimates that twenty-seven million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide, with one hundred thousand of them in the United States.

FAQs on Lawyer Advertising

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 - 9:06am by Administrator

The Committee on Professional Ethics has prepared a series of common questions and answers regarding New York’s lawyer advertising rules that were adopted within the past few years and included in the Rules of Professional Conduct that became effective in April 2009.

Nominations Sought for Kathryn A. McDonald Award

Posted on Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 - 12:02pm by Administrator

The New York City Bar is now soliciting nominations for the Kathryn A. McDonald Award for Excellence in Service to Family Court.

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NY Environmental
Year in Review

On February 15th, experts in New York environmental law reviewed the year's most significant judicial, regulatory and administrative developments, including the regulation of high volume hydraulic fracturing. From left: Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council; Jeffrey Gracer, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., Chair, New York City Bar Committee on Environmental Law; Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice; Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School; Scott Fein, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP; Steven Russo, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Philip Weinberg, Professor Emeritus, St. John’s University School of Law

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Hostage/Crisis Negotiation

On February 14th, Chief Inspector Andrew Barrie Brown of the Scottish Police College was kind enough to stop by to advise the City Bar's Public Affairs Luncheon on the best way to resolve a hostage or crisis negotiation.

CITY BAR HIGHLIGHTS

Events CLE News Reports Legislation Pro Bono

In a letter to Department of Defense General Counsel Jeh Johnson, the Task Force on National Security and the Rule of Law expressed its concern with the Order Governing Written Communications Management for Detainees Involved with Military Commissions.

The Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals issued a report supporting legislation that would establish procedures in New York to (1) increase opportunities for owners to find lost pets, (2) improve shelter care standards for all seized and impounded animals, including requiring vaccinations, and (3) establish a framework of cooperation between shelters and private animal rescue organizations.