The FCBA’s Newly Practicing Lawyers Section teamed up with the Syracuse University College of Law to hold a social networking event at the College’s Dineen Hall on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. The event began at 5:30 p.m. with a discussion led by a distinguished...
At 5 p.m. on Friday, November 1, 2019, past FCBA President Mitchell J. Katz interviewed Senior United States District Judge Norman A. Mordue as part of the FCBA’s “Fireside Chat” Series in the atrium of Dineen Hall at the Syracuse University College of Law. The event...
Tech Summit for Small Firms Announcement Please be advised that this CLE was originally scheduled to take place live in Albany on April 23rd. As a result of the coronavirus guidelines, we are now offering this CLE as an online Webinar via Webex. For those who...
2020 Golf Event SAVE THE DATE Flyer - FCBA Please SAVE THE DATE to join members of the Judiciary and Bar for a great day of golf at beautiful Bellevue Country Club. The event will include lunch, practice range, 18-holes of golf with cart, prizes, cocktail hour and...
Event Summary: For newly practicing FCBA members, law clerks and staff attorneys from the Northern District of New York, and select faculty and current students from the College of Law. In addition to providing a networking and social event for newly practicing...
By Clerk of Court John Domurad One of the most rewarding and sometimes most challenging aspects of being a member of the Clerk’s Office is addressing concerns from our pro se filers. Many pro se litigants make their way to federal court because all other avenues for...
By Kim Zimmer I have had the slowest ascent to President of the Federal Court Bar Association in the history of this Organization. I have thought about why that is and I finally decided it must be because I am so shy, soft-spoken, and reserved. I “grew up” in the...
The FCBA held its annual meeting and dinner on December 5, 2019, at a former-bank-headquarters-turned banquet-hall at 60 State Street in Albany. The afternoon started with a CLE program at the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse. The first part of the program, entitled...
The NDNY-FCBA’s Constitutional Scholars Program has expanded its Fifth Annual Essay Contest to include categories for video performances, graphic art and poems/short stories. The contest is open to all students in grades 9 through 12 in the 32 counties that constitute...
“Tech Tools for Small Firms” This program will focus on increasing your effectiveness and efficiency while complying with the ethics requirement to safeguard your clients’ information. Leverage technology and tweak your office hardware, software, and cloud-based...
More than 200 people packed into the Ceremonial Courtroom of the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse on the evening of November 12, to watch the re-enactment of one of the most infamous trials in U.S. history – the 1951 espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. The...