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New York Law Journal

Police Should Apply Domestic Violence Advocates' Lessons on Strangulation to Chokeholds

When strangulation laws were being passed across the country, domestic violence advocates were encouraged when so many police departments agreed that stopping abusive individuals from terrifying people with near death experiences should be a core practice for them, even if the survivors show no serious sign of injury when the police arrive, as is often true. Police should understand why a chokehold, like strangulation, should be illegal no matter who does it.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Litigation Finance Supports Competitive Business Under Duress

Civil cases deserve to be heard and the lack of funding should not allow abuse by big business to persist scot-free.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pandemic Blues

I am a sole practitioner and single parent. I have always done a lot of my paper work at home, so working from home during the pandemic has not been an adjustment for me. But for decades, the courthouse had been an extension of my office. Speaking with my adversaries and courtroom staff took the place of lunchroom meetings and standing around the office water cooler.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Moving Beyond the Pandemic of 2020

COVID-19 will leave the world with massive damage in its wake. Rebuilding post-pandemic will need to be a collective project, with communication among participants and adequate solidarity, morale, and empathy, the attitude that "we are all in this together" and that every worker has skin in the game.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mental Health: The First Step Is To Talk About It

So long as our profession remains siloed, we will fail to help attorneys at every age and every professional level from improving their lives and the lives of those who care for them deeply.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The State of the Appellate Division, First Department

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the First Department has reduced the number of pending appeals (cases that have been argued but not yet decided) to zero for the first time in our history. However, we currently have a record number of perfected appeals for the September term.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

City Proposes Rule Giving Journalists Due Process Rights Before Revoking Press Credentials

Nearly five years after it improperly seized a photojournalist's NYPD-issued press credential, the City of New York has agreed to substantial and long-overdue reforms to its rule governing the suspension or revocation of press credentials.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Navigating an Uncertain Legal Market

An attorney who started her career when the legal market was devastated by the Great Recession offers advice to young attorneys who are navigating today's challenging hiring sector and law students who are looking ahead to an uncertain future.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Should We Raze the Bar? No—We Should Make It Better!

Adjustments and improvements in the way new attorneys are admitted to the bar are feasible and now urgently needed.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Prioritizing Justice by Reforming Treatment of Low-Level Offenses

Courts and prosecutors should not sweat the small stuff—that is, misdemeanors, which are, by definition, "minor wrongdoings."
6 minute read

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