May 31, 2019

2019 Jazz Festival parking & street closings advisory

Parking
AllPro Parking at 86 Gibbs Street will be out of service for the duration of the festival, as it will be home to the Big Tent. See our Transit & Parking page  for alternatives.
Street Closings
Gibbs St. (from East Ave. to E. Main)
Friday, June 14 (7AM) to Monday, July 1 (Midnight)
Chestnut St. (from East Ave. to E. Main)
Friday, June 21 (6AM) to Saturday, June 22 (2AM)
East Ave. (from Chestnut to Scio, not including Chestnut or Scio)
Sunday, June 23 to Saturday, June 29 (5PM-Midnight)
East Ave. (from E. Main to Scio) & Chestnut (from Broad to East Ave.)
Friday, June 21 (5PM-Midnight)
Saturday, June 22 (5PM-Midnight)
Main St. (from Chestnut to Gibbs, not including Chestnut or Gibbs)
Friday, June 21 to Saturday, June 29 (5PM-Midnight)
The streets around Parcel 5 will also be closed at various times from Friday, June 28 to Saturday, June 29. Please visit the Jazz Festival's travel page for further info.

May 20, 2019

New on the shelves this week

Just in: four new National Business Institute upstate New York seminar manuals. You'll find these and a wide selection of manuals of interest to local practitioners in our New York Treatises area, at call number KFN 5079 N356.

Injury Claims: Anatomy & Physiology Made Simple

Civil Trial: Everything You Need to Know

The Top Special Education Legal Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Land Use and Zoning From Start to Finish




May 2, 2019

New this month

These books came in this week & will be hitting our shelves shortly. Please check our new book list regularly for more!

Class Action Strategy & Practice Guide

Complete QDRO Handbook: Dividing ERISA, Military, & Civil Service Pensions & Collecting Child Support from Employee Benefit Plans, 4th Ed.

Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice, 3rd Ed.

FTC Franchise Rule, 3rd Ed.

Family Law Guide to Appellate Practice

Forensic Accounting Deskbook: A Practical Guide to Financial Investigation & Analysis for Family Lawyers, 2nd Ed.

Internet of Things (IoT): Legal Issues, Policy, & Practical Strategies

Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 2019 Ed.

Rehabilitation & Incarceration: In Search of Fairer
& More Productive Sentencing

Social Media Law: A Handbook of Cases & Use, 3rd Ed.



Also received: the latest looseleaf updates to NYSBA's Estate Planning & Will Drafting in New York and Probate & Administration of New York Estates.


April 23, 2019

OCA D‏irective on ICE arrests in state courthouses

The Office of Court Administration issued a new directive last Wednesday that states that ICE must obtain a judicial warrant issued by a federal judge or federal magistrate judge to make an arrest inside a New York courthouse. ICE makes most arrests with administrative warrants signed by immigration enforcement officials. The New York Unified Court System is the first in the nation to put such a rule in place.

Story from Albany Times Union


April 19, 2019

CLE: Racial Profiling


  This program is free and open to the public. Attorney CLE credit: $25.  

March 22, 2019

New on the shelves this week

Just in: a shipment of five new National Business Institute upstate New York seminar manuals. You'll find these and a wide selection of manuals of interest to local practitioners in our New York Treatises area, at call number KFN 5079 N356.



Construction Contracts from Start to Finish

Real Estate Transactions Toolkit

Estate Planning from A to Z

Medicaid Lookback Rules and Planning

IEPs and 504 Plans: A Legal Compliance Guide




March 21, 2019

CLE: Know Your Rights


  Non-attorneys and non-members can find a registration form using the
Registration Flyer link on the MCBA calendar listing for this event.