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The Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship [1] is a full-tuition public service scholarship for students at New York University School of Law. [1] It is widely considered to be the most prestigious public interest scholarship for law students in the United States.
Lebanon is a town on the southern border of Madison County, New York state, United States. The population was 1,332 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,332 at the 2010 census. The town is believed to be named after Lebanon, Connecticut .
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The scholarship is awarded to between 50 and 60 U.S. college juniors each year on the basis of four criteria: [15] service on campus and in the community, commitment to a career in public service (government, uniformed services, research, education, or public interest/advocacy organizations), communication ability and aptitude to be a "change ...
Whether a municipality is defined as a borough, city, town, or village is determined not by population or land area, but rather on the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the New York State Legislature. [2] [3] [4] Each type of local government is granted specific home rule powers by the New York State Constitution. [5]
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....
It appears that Donna Long Brightbill is poised to become the next 52nd district court of common pleas judge, securing a majority of the votes on Tuesday's election.
The Law Firm and the Public Good (Brookings Inst Pr, May 1995) ISBN 978-0-8157-4863-2 Courts and Congress (Brookings Inst Pr, May 1997) ISBN 978-0-8157-4865-6 The Marden Lecture: The Legal Profession and the Unmet Needs of the Immigrant Poor, 21 Geo. J. of Legal Ethics 3 (2008)