[1] This annual conference differs from a similar conference in Puerto Rico, which is co-sponsored by Somos, a not-for-profit charitable and educational organization (see Opinions 21-142; 06-115).
[2] We note that the chief administrator of the courts serves “at the pleasure of the chief judge” (NY Const art VI § 28[a]) and acts “on behalf of the chief judge” (id. at § 28[b]; Judiciary Law § 212[1] [“the following functions, powers and duties which shall be exercised as the chief judge may provide”]).
