Susan DeSantis

July 02, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The seminar will cover topics such as implicit bias in appellate decision-making to fundamentals of forensic DNA analyses.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

July 01, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The majority of the students are first-generation college students and individuals who would bring racial, economic and religious-based diversity to the profession.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

July 01, 2019 | New York Law Journal

"There are increasing challenges getting young lawyers to settle in these counties. They're carrying significant legal debt," said New York State Bar Association President Henry M. Greenberg. "In many of these communities, the justice gap is vast and this is a crisis."

By Susan DeSantis

4 minute read

July 01, 2019 | New York Law Journal

WBASNY, formed in the late 1970s by a diverse group of dedicated and visionary peopleof all genders, proudly installed its first openly gay president, Susan Bender, in 1992.

By Deirdre L. Hay

2 minute read

July 01, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Witnessing firsthand the awful consequences of subjecting human beings to solitary confinement and looking into the eyes of those inmates struggling to maintain a foothold on reality and sanity is painful.

By Michael B. Mushlin and David N. Cassuto

3 minute read

June 27, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In writing about focused deterrence and other anti-violence strategies, Thomas Abt is driven by a question that many of the current books about criminal justice do not even bother to ask: how can we change the behavior of those who are involved in the most damaging kinds of criminal conduct?

By Greg Berman

7 minute read

June 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal

While this year was a major success in making for-hire limos and large capacity vehicles safer, drastically inadequate insurance limits for regular cars continue to put every driver, passenger, pedestrian and bicyclist on the road at risk.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

June 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal

While religious beliefs and sacred notions are often suspect and even radioactive in the elite academic intellectual world that typically prefers aloof enlightenment attitudes, Sexton boldly pushes against that bias.

By Joseph W. Bellacosa

6 minute read

June 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In an attempt at compromise, the legislature enacted a marijuana bill "Marijuana Decriminalization Approved in NY After Legalization Efforts Stall"…

By Steven Epstein

2 minute read

June 24, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Questioning the legality of a request received from a law firm client under such circumstances would be the antithesis of providing high-quality professional services to the legal community.

By Alan Dershowitz and Daniel Turinsky

3 minute read