The New York City Bar Association is a voluntary bar association and is not involved in the licensing or disciplining of lawyers. These matters are handled by New Yorkβs court system.
President Donald Trumpβs personal attacks on Justices of the United States Supreme Court constitute a calculated and dangerous assault on the independence of the judiciary and on our constitutional system of separated powers. Read the City Bar's statement here: bit.ly/3OwhvKe
The New York City Bar Association condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the ongoing threats by President Donald J. Trump to use armed force against Iran without legal authority. Full statement: bit.ly/4tOKfhv
Watch Judge J. Michael Luttig receive Honorary Membership from the NYC Bar. Then, Ali Velshi interviews Judge Luttig, followed by a panel on βThe Rule of Law and the American Judiciary in 2026,β with Jennifer Rodgers, Asha Rangappa, John Gleeson and Dr. William M. Treanor.
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On the Events in Minneapolis: We are witnessing, in real time, the strain placed on democratic norms when government power is exercised without sufficient transparency, restraint, or regard for fundamental civil liberties. Read the City Bar's full statement here: bit.ly/4ahLApj
Our program on "Endangered Lawyers? Attorney Independence in the Department of Justice" is now available on video. Hear former DOJ attorneys who have been fired or forced out tell it like it is, and how it ought to be. bit.ly/4be7E5a
Posner and Gerson served in administrations from opposite ends of the political party spectrum, yet they agree that the actions of the current administration place American lawyers under threat and that the bedrock of our system of governance is at stake. #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer #NewYorkCityBar
The Rule of Law is an American ideal that runs deeper than party or politics. The differing political perspectives that Society for the Rule of Law and @aclu.org represent do not divide these two when it comes to evaluating the dangers that the legal profession faces today. #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer
If our leaders get to decide that some people are unworthy of legal counsel, if those leaders punish lawyers for doing their duty in the legal system, then we have no Rule of Law. And if the Rule of Law crumbles, so will our democracy. #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer #NewYorkCityBar @ccrjustice.org
Professor Meg Satterthwaite serves as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. She monitors situations of lawyer persecution around the world. She and her human rights colleagues have a clear message: itβs happening here, and itβs happening now. #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer
Check back each day to see UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Lawyers & Judges, the ED of @ccrjustice.org, and others. They all agree: the independence of our legal profession is being tested like never before, and our entire democracy is at stake. #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer #NewYorkCityBar
With the international Day of the Endangered Lawyer coming up this Saturday, January 24, and the US selected as the focus country, the City Bar is devoting the whole week to highlighting the unprecedented threats that lawyers face from the current administration.
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Our groups @citizensunionny.bsky.social @hfny.bsky.social @lwvny.bsky.social @nycbarassociation.bsky.social @nypirg.bsky.social call on Gov. Hochul to promptly fill the ethics commission vacancy to uphold the relevance and importance of COELIG. Read our letter here: buff.ly/0Hlf1bF
Congress Must Act to Halt the Presidentβs Violations of U.S. And International Law in Venezuela. Read the City Bar's statement here: bit.ly/4jrLChb
The City Bar has released a report examining a broad pattern of conduct by President Trump and his Administration that reflects an ongoing abuse of presidential power and a grave breach of the public trust, and calls on Congress to reclaim its power as a co-equal branch: bit.ly/49jfeKj
We join 27 other international bar associations and lawyers' organizations in expressing our deep concern over "the arrest of lawyer Naim EminoΔlu, a board member of the Progressive Lawyersβ Association β (ΓHD) Istanbul Branch."
Read more here: www.nycbar.org/reports/join...
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The City Bar condemns recent remarks by the Deputy Attorney General in which he described the Administration as being at βwarβ with the federal judiciary and invited young lawyers to βjoin the fightβ against purported βactivist judges.β Read the statement here: bit.ly/4nWdoDd
The City Bar has released its evaluations of candidates running in general elections on November 4 for Civil Court, Supreme Court and District Attorney in NYC: bit.ly/3L4WhS8
An op-ed in today's NY Daily News by a former NYC Corporation Counsel, a former member of two mayors' judiciary committees, and a former NYPD deputy commissioner-trials urges next mayor to only appoint judges approved by the mayor's committee and the NYC Bar Association. bit.ly/4qn7Wf8
The City Bar has issued a statement on the indictment of NY AG Letitia James, in defense of our independent justice system, and calling on all members of the legal community and the public at large to stand up for our legal systems and institutions. Read it here: bit.ly/4oik2ED
Only by acting promptly can Congress bring our nation into compliance with the Constitution and international law, reduce the risk of hostilities with neighboring countries and assure that similar abuses of Presidential power do not expand to American shores. bit.ly/3KVqX84
"The justice system must never be used as a weapon of politics. Speaking out now is not optional. It is our collective duty." Read the full statement here: bit.ly/3KrCAU3
"The indictment of James Comeyβand the threat of 'others' to comeβis a stark warning. The protections we too often take for grantedβfairness, impartiality, independenceβare under sustained assault. If we fail to defend them now, they may not be there when we most need them.
The City Bar has issued a statement on political prosecutions that "strike at the very core of our democratic system. They weaponize the criminal process to punish individuals who have run afoul of the President primarily for carrying out their lawful roles within our constitutional order."
"The undersigned firmly denounce the unacceptable delay by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in examining the urgent cases submitted concerning the mass trials of lawyers, human rights defenders in Turkey."
Read the full joint statement here: www.nycbar.org/blogs/justic...
Hi, as a voluntary bar association, we are not involved in the licensing or disciplining of lawyers. That's handled by the courts in NY. More info here: bit.ly/46CeUpd
Terrific discussion between @nycbarassociation.bsky.social and @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social regarding his forthcoming @mitpress.bsky.social book ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL: Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order.
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We stand in full solidarity with Mehmet Pehlivan, the Istanbul Bar Association and all other legal professionals in Turkey defending human rights and the rule of law: www.turkeylitigationsupport.com/blog/2025/7/...
