State Bar Association Adopts Domestic Violence, Immigration Positions
The measures were adopted by the bar association's House of Delegates Friday during the annual meeting.
January 26, 2018 at 12:29 PM
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Camille Mackler, chair of the Committee on Immigration Representation addresses the House of Delegates at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting on Friday, January 26, 2018.(Photo by David Handschuh/NYLJ)
The New York State Bar Association adopted recommendations for greater protections for immigrants in the courts, as well as a new domestic violence initiative that aims to enhance legal services for victims Friday at its annual meeting being held in New York City.
The measures, approved by the House of Delegates, were applauded by the bar association's president, Sharon Gerstman.
“The New York State Bar Association is strongly committed to fairness for all in every aspect of our justice system, and these two initiatives will help us continue to advance that goal,” said Gerstman.
The domestic violence initiative is the outgrowth of an initiative, begun last year, between the state bar association and the New York Women's Bar Association. The group's adopted recommendations include education and training for pro bono attorneys to help them better serve those impacted by domestic violence, as well as legislative advocacy for greater protection and service for victims.
The bar association also adopted a resolution aimed at growing concerns over the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents inside state courts. The resolution called on ICE to include courthouses as “sensitive locations.” Doing so would make it a policy of the organization not to conduct enforcement actions there absent extreme circumstances.
The resolution also calls on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to amend federal law to codify courthouses as sensitive locations that bar immigration enforcement actions.
Additionally, the House of Delegates Friday adopted a resolution in support of bail reform measures that called for reforms such as increased use of supervised release by judges, increased education for members of the bench about alternatives to cash bail, and the end of cash bail for nonviolent offenses or high risks of failure to appear.
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