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After handling cases for more than 40 years, attorney William Bavoso received the John F. McBride Lifetime Achievement Award from the Orange County Bar Association this month for maintaining the "highest ethical and professional standards." Growing up in Passaic County, N.J., Bavoso worked for a pharmacy after school and initially thought ... (more)

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Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman yesterday announced the creation of an advisory committee that will make recommendations on how to implement a new pro bono service requirement set to become a prerequisite in 2013 for admission to the New York bar.

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland offers free legal advice to low-income residents with civil problems involving landlords, contracts, foreclosures, taxes, special education, employment and public benefits.

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman today said he's formed an advisory committee to implement a requirement that prospective lawyers do at least 50 hours of pro bono work before being licensed to practice law in New York.

New York will soon become the first state in the nation to require pro bono service with Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's recent decision to mandate fifty hours of pro bono work as part of admission to the bar.

Chautauqua Family Court Judge Judith S. Claire and Tamara Steckler, attorney in-charge of the Juvenile Rights Practice of the Legal Aid Society, are the 2012 recipients of the Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare.

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Beginning in 2013, lawyers who apply to the state bar must prove they have performed at least 50 hours of pro bono work to be admitted.

Thomas Roberts opened his heart and his home to help a homeless family escape the uncertainty of the streets and the city's shelter system.

JUDGE JUDITH S. CLAIRE AND TAMARA STECKLER RECEIVE STATE BAR'S 2012 HOWARD A. LEVINE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CHILD WELFARE Chautauqua Family Court Judge Judith S. Claire and Tamara Steckler, attorney in-charge of the Juvenile Rights Practice of the Legal Aid Society, are the 2012 recipients of the Howard A. Levine Award for ... (more)

In what he says is the first of such requirements nationwide, Court of Appeals Court Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said new lawyers will have to donate 50 hours of pro bono, or free legal work to poor or needy people before they can join the bar.

An Oneonta attorney is among those honored for their Pro Bono service in the field of law.