Effective March 25th, 2020, New York City Criminal Court initiated its second phase of videoconferencing arraignments. Going forward, all parties will participate in court proceedings by videoconferencing. All arraignments will be virtual, with the Judge, prosecution and defense attorney and defendant all from remote locations. Photo courtesy of the New York Unified Court System

A Client's Perspective on Remote Court Proceedings

Judges and lawyers have had plenty to deal with in adjusting to Zoom court. Clients, as the Lit Daily's new colleague on the legal education beat points out, face their own unique challenges.

December 02, 2021 at 07:30 AM

4 minute read

By Ross Todd
Editor/columnist

Here at The Litigation Daily, we've spent a lot of time thinking about how judges and lawyers have dealt with remote court proceedings.

But Christine Charnosky, our new colleague on the legal education beat at Law.com, this week offered up a perspective that's been sorely lacking in our coverage so far: That of the client.

In Christine's latest "Ahead of the Curve" column she writes about her experience going to court to get an order of protection after being assaulted just before COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic last spring.

NOT FOR REPRINT