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The New York City Bar Legal Referral Service (LRS) is the oldest lawyer referral service in New York State, and the first one in New York City approved by the American Bar Association. [24] The LRS is a not-for-profit organization, founded by the New York City Bar Association (est. 1870) and the New York County Lawyers' Association (est. 1908).
The New York City Department of Records and Information Services (DoRIS) is the department of the government of New York City [4] that organizes and stores records and information from the City Hall Library and Municipal Archives. [5] It is headquartered in the Surrogate's Courthouse in Civic Center, Manhattan.
The City Bar Justice Center grew out of ad hoc efforts at the New York City Bar Association during the 1970s and 1980s to provide pro bono legal services to the poor. [1] These efforts in 1978, included a committee of senior volunteer lawyers that was formed to assist senior citizens and prisoners.
Historically, lawyer referral services involved prospective clients contacting a bar association or responding to an advertisement, by placing a telephone call to the service and seeking a referral. [3] With the internet boom in the 1990s, many consumers turned to the web to search for goods and services. [4]
The New York City Marriage Bureau provides marriage licenses, domestic partnership registration, civil marriage ceremonies, registration of marriage officiants, and copies and amendments of marriage records. The New York City Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the local civil service commission and hears appeals by city employees and applicants ...
The bar is demanding $40 million — or at least $1 million for each of the defendant’s e-mails sent to would-be bar-going groups, including some who have already canceled planned events there ...
The New York City Law Department, also known as the Office of the Corporation Counsel, [1] is the department of the government of New York City responsible for most of the city's legal affairs. [2] The department is headed by the Corporation Counsel , Muriel Goode-Trufant, the 82nd official to hold this position, confirmed in December 2024.
The City Record is the official journal of New York City. [3] [4] It is published each weekday (except legal holidays) and contains legal notices produced by city agencies, including notices of proposed and adopted rules, procurement solicitations and awards, upcoming public hearings and meetings, public auctions and property dispositions, and selected court decisions. [5]