The First Decade Committee celebrated its twelfth annual Summer Kick-Off Happy Hour with a sell-out crowd on June 25, 2015 at […]
Inn of Court Ends Year with a Laugh
The Federal Bar Council Inn of Court, under the leadership of Sheila Boston, enjoyed another successful year of insightful, thoughtful, and creative programming. At the […]
The Public Service Committee
The Federal Bar Council’s Public Service Committee seeks to increase access to counsel and assist the courts and administrative agencies of the Second Circuit in […]
Courthouses of the Second Circuit
Six years ago, at a meeting of the Federal Bar Council’s Second Circuit Courts Committee, members found themselves in a discussion — not about […]
International Arbitration Awards
In 1970, the United States became a party to the New York Convention of 1958. The Convention applies not only to foreign awards but […]
Going Mobile
For decades, lawyers have been tethered to their offices. Most of their information was stored there, and that is where they i […]
Lawyering at a Federal Detention Center in Texas
In June, I was a volunteer lawyer at the federal detention center in Dilley, Texas. I worked with immigrant women and children coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras who had crossed the Rio Grande. According to the clients […]
From the President
Two wonderful things about the Federal Bar Council are our First Decade Committee and the Council’s commitment to promoting public service. Both will be front and center at this year’s First Decade Committee Summer Kick-Off Party at which the Federal Bar Council also will award its second[…]
Robert B. Fiske, Jr.
In the early 1990s, I worked on a trial with Bob Fiske in Florida. At dinner one night, one of the Davis Polk associates commented that she had read an article in The New York Times about people over 60 playing rollerblade hockey, which she thought was […]
From the Editor
On March 16, 2015, the Eastern District of New York celebrated its 150th anniversary. The judges of the Eastern District were joined by […]