By Brian Lee | March 8, 2023
Led by Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, the efforts centered on mandatory and comprehensive racial-bias training, beefed up diversity awareness in hiring, and creation of equal justice committees in each of the 13 judicial districts, to implement reforms at the local level.
By Patricia Kane | March 3, 2023
The award, presented by the New York City Bar Association, is given for outstanding contributions to the administration of justice. The ceremony will take place on March 27.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Sandra Elena Roper | March 2, 2023
Someone of Black race or white race should not be required to deny their race for their cultural traditional ethnicity as Latino or Hispanic, a Brooklyn judge writes.
By Brian Lee | February 28, 2023
Delivering the first in-person State of the Judiciary address in three years, acting Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro also underscored measures taken to address challenges facing the court system going forward.
By Emily Saul | February 28, 2023
Prosecutors said the court worker allegedly processing filings and their associated fees or making the requested copies and then voiding the transactions in the court's record system.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 24, 2023
A proposal asks a federal judiciary rules committee to adopt a rule under which once an attorney is licensed in a state and admitted to one district court, they could practice in all 94 district courts.
By Brian Lee | February 15, 2023
In the wake of the COVID experience, New York courts must enhance technological capacity and increase court staffing.
By Brian Lee | February 14, 2023
The bar group also wants to expand throughout the state New York City's right-to-counsel law that provides free services to income-eligible tenants in the city who are facing an eviction.
By Jason Grant | February 10, 2023
Applications from judges who wish to replace Acosta as presiding justice are expected to begin arriving soon, said a member of Gov. Kathy Hochul's judicial screening panel for the First Department court. The panel will set up meetings with candidates, and will ultimately produce a report on each candidate for Hochul, the member said.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rolando T. Acosta | February 10, 2023
"With a heavy heart, I announce that I will be stepping down on March 17. While I love this job, I look forward to pursuing other interests and passions, being unconstrained by my status as a judge and again able to engage in the private practice of law and in robust discussions over the role of the judiciary in defending democracy."
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