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  2. New York City Law Department - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Self-Certification (New York City Department of Buildings)

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    The Department of Buildings cannot revoke a professional's license to practice Architecture or Engineering, as that is controlled by the New York State Office of the Professions. However, since 2007 the State has allowed the DOB to refuse to accept plans filed by individuals who have been found to abuse the Self Certification process (or other ...

  4. New York City Bar Association - Wikipedia

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    The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, commonly referred to as the New York City Bar Association (City Bar), founded in 1870, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. Since 1896, the organization has been headquartered in a landmark building on 44th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Manhattan.

  5. New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division - Wikipedia

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    Every opinion, memorandum, and motion of the Appellate Division sent to the New York State Reporter of the New York State Law Reporting Bureau is required to be published in the Appellate Division Reports. [11] [12] [13] Opinions of the appellate terms are published selectively in the Miscellaneous Reports. [12] [14]

  6. History of the American legal profession - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the New Deal, many top law firms hired few if any Jews, even Jewish law review editors. [47] For instance, future Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter was the first Jew hired by one New York firm. [48] A 1937 survey found that Jewish lawyers in NY were paid less than 80% as much as non-Jewish lawyers.

  7. Judiciary of New York - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.

  8. American Bar Association Model Code of Professional ...

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    The U.S. state of New York was the last state using the Code for many years, long after all other states–except California and Maine–had adopted the Model Rules. [3] On December 17, 2008, the administrative committee of the New York courts announced that it had adopted a heavily modified version of the Model Rules, effective April 1, 2009.

  9. New York Law Institute - Wikipedia

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    The New York Law Institute library is located in the Equitable Building and has a circulating collection of over 250,000 print volumes, including Congressional documents, records on appeal, current and superseded U.S. and state laws, new and archival editions of legal treatises, and archival New York City and New York State materials.