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New York Bar Application Pro Bono Requirment Gets Attention
The New York Courts have finalized the bar applicant mandatory pro bono rules. The National Center for Access to Justice blogs with the details and links here. But the bigger picture news is how much attention this has gotten. Look … Continue reading
Telling the Online Forms Story — NY DIY Video
The New York Courts have long been a leader in the creative integration and promotion of online forms and document assembly. They call them DIY Forms. Here is a great video now up on YouTube. It shows people why the … Continue reading
Bringing New Lawyers into Pro Bono
It’s a natural match, worth duplicating in most states. New lawyers, often without jobs, and needing experience and MCLE credits, and litigants desperate for attorney help. Kudos to the NY Courts and Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Fern Fisher, an innovate, … Continue reading
Foreclosure Slowdown Reported in NYT
Today’s New York Times has an important article on the slowdown in foreclosures. Some of the main points: At current rates it would take 62 years for complete repossession of homes in serious default/foreclosure in NY state. Data from LPS … Continue reading
Leadership — Telling Bad News
The Albany Times Union’s Capital Connection Blog has posted NY Chief Judge Lippman’s video to the court staff on the impact of the 6% cuts imposed in the recently finalized state budget. It’s really a model in terms of the … Continue reading
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NewsMaker Interview: CJ Lippman on New York Foreclosure Settlement Representation Project
This blog is proud to present our second NewsMaker Interview, which is with Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of New York. It focuses on the recently announced Foreclosure Settlement Representation Project. C.J. Lippman has long been a national leader in access … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Counsel, Budget Issues, Foreclosure, Legal Aid, Newsmaker Interview, Pro Bono, Self-Help Services
Tagged New York, Settlment Conferences
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NY Courts Attempt to Provide “Legal Assistance or Representation” at all Initial Foreclosure Settlement Conferences
As NY Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced in his State of the Judiciary today, and as the NYT is reporting, the NY courts are taking steps to make sure that there is greater help in foreclosure cases for homeowners. Please … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Counsel, Foreclosure, Funding, Legal Aid
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New York Courts Document Assembly Innovations — Spanish Instructions and Court Awards
The New York courts are implementing integrating Spanish instructions into their DIY document assembly program. If users so choose, the online questions appear in Spanish as well as English and the printed instructions to the litigants also appear in Spanish. … Continue reading
NYT — Judges Berate Bank Lawyers in Foreclosures — Thoughts on Burden of Pleading, Proof, and on Investigation
Today’s NYT has an article on increasingly judges holding lawyers accountable for the defective foreclosures. Key para (as well as listing of abuses) “More broadly, the courts in New York State, along with Florida, have begun requiring that lawyers in … Continue reading
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