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July 21, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

How and When to Reopen Schools: A Modern-day Morton's Fork

States weighing the health risks and costs associated with mitigating those risks of reopening K-12 schools in fall 2020 against the educational risks of providing no in-person instruction will find no easy solution.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

6 minute read

July 17, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

With Courts Limited, History Helps Guide Use of ADR

Of particular note during the pandemic, both mediation and arbitration are considered "private"—a potential solution to the backlog of court cases that require public access.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 17, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Taxpayers Paid For Government Shortfalls in Brennan Case

We are disappointed that the taxpayers of New Jersey have to pay $2.4 million for the failure to properly investigate, keep records, and follow protocol by both the transition team and the Governor's Office.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 15, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Amid Racism and Privilege, It's Time to Check Our Profession

Recognizing the homogeneity of our profession is no longer enough. We must examine the ways in which we continue to perpetuate the exclusionary roots of the profession.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

3 minute read

July 12, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Rightly Declined to Suppress Text Messages

We agree with the result, which is the same as if Armstrong had sent DeWitt threatening letters by old fashioned mail. The state could not intercept them in transit without a warrant, but the recipient could consent to turn them over.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 12, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trump Was Wrong to Threaten Use of Military During Protests

We do not believe the Insurrection Act could reasonably justify the use of the military in the present circumstances absent state invitation.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

5 minute read

July 10, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

If You Want Real Change, Do Something Meaningful With Your Outrage

If we want lasting change, it is incumbent upon all of us to take meaningful action.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

July 05, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Stopgap Budgeting Raises Constitutional Questions

There is no easy solution to the fiscal disarray that COVID-19 has wrought, but the ultimate choice might be better made through the democratic process than the judicial one.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

8 minute read

July 01, 2020 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Nation's Racial Problems Shouldn't 'Go Without Saying'

There have certainly been too many deaths of black people under circumstances where there seem to be no justification for lethal force. This has to stop, and it has to stop now.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

3 minute read

June 28, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Reimagine the Role of Police

A gradual process of strategically reallocating resources, funding, and responsibility away from police toward community-based models of safety, support, and prevention will go a long way towards bettering our society.

By Law Journal Editorial Board

4 minute read