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  • July 17, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    City Bar Task Force to Tackle Young Lawyers' Career Outlook

    The New York City Bar has appointed a task force to examine career prospects of young attorneys and to make recommendations in light of the challenging legal market. The group includes leader

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  • August 4, 2003 | Legal Times

    D.C. Activist Cleans Up With Dickstein

    A pro bono team from Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky was ready for battle, prepared to defend community activist Steve n against the District of Columbia. But before

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  • May 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In a just-completed survey of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge, 41 law firms reported performing a total of 697,381 pro bono hours during 2005, or during their most rece

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  • March 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Projects

    Ex-Officers Score Court WinTwo former New York City police officers won a victory as pro bono attorneys in defending the city last month against a federal lawsuit claiming that

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  • May 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In a just-completed survey of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge, 41 law firms reported performing a total of 697,381 pro bono hours during 2005, or during their most rece

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  • March 3, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Borrowed Time: Applying Statute of Limitations in Consumer Debt Cases

    In recent years, New York courts have been deciding increasing numbers of consumer debt collection cases. Consumer debt filings in New York City Civil Court have nearly tripled since 2000,1/s

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  • June 4, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    VOLS Hours Exceed Goals

    The firms that take the Volunteers of Legal Service Pro Bono Pledge exceeded 1 million hours of pro bono service for the fourth year in a row, according to the results of our recently complet

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  • August 3, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Legal Services Corp. names new pro bono task force members

    Judge David Tatel and lawyers from the U.S. Justice Department and major law firms are among the members of a new task force dedicated to expanding pro bono work. The task force is a p

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  • March 31, 2003 | Legal Times

    In Brief

    HELLER HIRESan Francisco's Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe has added veteran public interest lawyer E. Joshua Rosenkranz as a New York litigation shareho

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  • May 2, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    William J. Dean is executive director of Volunteers of Legal Service.In the just-completed Volunteers of Legal Service 2002 survey of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro

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