April 24, 2025
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Berke-Weiss Law Says Goodbye to Their Wonderful 2024-2025 Student Law Clerk!

Last Thursday marked the final day at Berke-Weiss Law for our wonderful student law clerk, Fordham Law student Eileen Farrell. Eileen joined the Firm as a summer law clerk in 2024 and continued to work with the Firm throughout the school year. We are so appreciative of her hard work, thoughtful questions, and helpful research. Her contributions were felt throughout the firm, and we will miss having her as a member of the team. The firm wishes Eileen well as she leaves to embark on her 2L summer!

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31st Anniversary of ADA Has Special Significance This Year

July 29, 2021
Disability Discrimination
Thirty-one years ago this week, then-president George H.W. Bush passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. It was a milestone in Federal law with wide ranging implications throughout US society, and, because of its extension of civil rights workplace protections to those with disabilities, special impact on our own practice in employment law.

New York Times Publishes Explainer on Child Tax Credit

July 27, 2021
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The revamped Child Tax Credit went into effect this month, with much-needed money being distributed to parents across the country. While this will be a boon for many parents, it also has the potential to create headaches for parents come tax season. Thankfully, the New York Times published helpful suggestions on who should take the credit and who should opt out.

Disability Discrimination Is Hurting the Medical Profession

July 26, 2021
Disability Discrimination
A new investigation on the Huffington Post has spotlighted a troubling trend in medicine. Many doctors with disabilities experience persistent discrimination at the hands of other physicians and medical professionals. In a profession that regularly requires workers, especially early career workers, to put in grueling shifts of 80+ hours a week, doctors with disabilities are perceived as unable to live up to the grind.
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