But giving back remains a big part of the season, and opportunities abound for small and large acts of philanthropy. And, yes, Nonprofits need legal representation. Don’t worry, NYLI has you covered with….
60 Days In: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Rapid Overhaul of U.S. Immigration Policy and Forecasting the Road Ahead March 19, 20255:45 – 7:45 p.m.New York Law Institute, 120 Broadway, 9th fl., Room 932 Speakers: In just two months, the Trump administration has dramatically reshaped U.S. immigration policy – issuing a wave of executive orders, ramping…
But did you know that a nearly 200 year old failed amendment was eventually ratified in 1992? . Madison originally proposed 19 amendments which were consolidated and trimmed down to 12 by the Senate and sent to the states by President Washington in October 1789. Not enough states ratified the first two — but the…
The Internet Archive has announced that more than 125,000 U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs spanning nearly two centuries of American law are now freely accessible online. The collection contains three parts: “The first is the official records from the lower court(s): the trial transcripts, evidence, and procedural documents that travel with each case up…
Not even serving a year, William Sulzer was the first — and so far only — New York Governor to be impeached. What was Sulzer’s crime? William Sulzer was found guilty by the New York State Assembly of filing false campaign contributions and using $40,000 of monies collected to play the stock market… But in…
General… President (our Country’s first)… George Washington’s reputation often resides in his role in the American Revolution… As his eulogist famously noted, Washington was “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen” Washington’s leadership was a deciding factor in the defeat of the British, a first for the Empire…
Lucy, Brooke and I were thrilled to attend the early February book launch at the historic Strand Bookstore. Stacy Horn chatted about the process of writing how white collar crime resulted in East New York eventually earning the NYPD nickname “the Killing Fields” as the once thriving working class Brooklyn neighborhood became the murder capital…
