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New York Law Journal

A Criminal Conviction Should Not Be a Civil Life Sentence

Having a conviction history, no matter how old or stale, can prevent individuals from fully participating in their communities and the economic life of their state.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Whose Free Speech Was the Stanford Protest Really About?

Let him speak, and then speak out against it—and, if necessary, against him. If his thoughts are so odious, their odiousness will quickly become apparent to thinking people—that is, if your thoughts are better.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Custody Cases, Children Play a Key Role in the Fair Administration of Justice

The author of a recent Law Journal column concludes by asking, in part, "How far away are we from allowing children to participate fully in the determination of what is in their best interest?" Thankfully, we are even closer than he may think.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

In-Camera Interviews With Children in Custodial Cases May Protect Them From 'Toxic Parental Programming'

When a child is the victim of parental alienation, the child's rights and voice may be insidiously muted by the time of trial, which urgently necessitates a judge's preemptive intervention at an in-camera conference, a longtime matrimonial attorney writes.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Democratic Senators' Actions Disrespect Separation of Powers Principles Within & Among the Branches

Aaudacious few senators have succeeded in sidelining the Assembly and the governor who serve as indispensable joint actors to enact a legitimate amendment, a former chief judge of the Court of Appeals writes.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Time Is Now: Eliminating the LSAT for the Sake of Diversity

Craig Boise, dean of Syracuse University College of Law, and Blank Rome counsel Alan Feigenbaum, argue that removing the LSAT requirement for getting into law school can eliminate barriers to achieving genuine diversity in the legal profession.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York's Judiciary Is About to Lose Its Independence

Unfortunately, by virtue of the recent pronouncement of Senate leaders, notice has already been given to every jurist that any aspiration to sit on the Court of Appeals is not dependent on judicial temperament, collegial abilities, scholarship and skills, but rather on that judge's ability to establish bona fides as a "progressive."
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Hispanic or Latino' Is Not a Race—It Is a Proud, Rich Ethnicity

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.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Congress Could Use Technology To Keep Incapacitated Lawmakers Present

As we now know, remote court appearances, depositions and the like have helped the courts and litigants attend to matters more easily, efficiently, and at times when people simply can't attend personally. Congress could learn from this, one attorney writes.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Granting Unfettered Access to Forensic Records in Custodial Cases May Put Children in Harm's Way

In highly sensitive custody or visitation cases, children can be profoundly harmed when they are exposed to even selected portions of forensic reports, representatives from The Children's Law Center write.
3 minute read

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