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New York Law Journal

State Constitution Does Allow Judiciary to Fund Civil Legal Service Organizations

Just as grants on other topics legitimately go to New Yorkers via the budgets and programs of multiple state agencies, it is completely appropriate for the Judiciary to operate in a similar manner regarding civil legal services to New Yorkers in need of these services.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bail Reform Needed to Help Low-Income Defendants

The mainly upstate district attorneys who oppose bail reform base their objections on a "push back" on achieving a "disposition on the alleged crime." This latter point admits that incarceration pressures the indigent to plead guilty.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Governor's Counsel Says Cuomo's Record on Appointing Diverse Judges Is Exemplary

Governor Cuomo has appointed more diverse judges to the bench than any other governor in the history of the state.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fifth District Rises to Chief Judge's "Excellence Initiative" Challenge

Justice James Tormey, Administrative Judge for the Fifth District, highlights the significant strides the district has made in resolving cases more effectively and efficiently under Judge Janet DiFiore's "Excellence Initiative" mandate.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Midsize Firms Should Be Commended for Policies That Help Millennials

Lawyers tend to devote an enormous amount of time to enhancing their careers and becoming successful. Implementing all the factors that the midsize law firms in your recent article have instituted gives the attorneys a greater chance to become assets in the law field.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Forgotten First Amendment Hero

Jeffrey S. Trachtman writes: Steven Spielberg's “The Post” is a well-crafted, old-school newspaper drama with a timely message about the crucial role of a fearless free press. But it misses the chance to rediscover a forgotten First Amendment hero—the late Judge Murray I. Gurfein.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Marijuana Memo Raises Need for Lawyers' Involvement

Steven Cash writes: The rule of law depends on lawyers. That is why, in the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind Obama-era policies that sidestepped the tension between federal and state laws related to marijuana, a reasonable and critical step is to ensure that lawyers can help maintain that rule of law.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

2017: The Constitution, Federal Courts and President Trump

Following Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017 approximately 30 major federal lawsuits were filed against the president and his administration. These lawsuits have produced approximately 38 major court decisions and the administration has prevailed in only one.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Accommodated Lawyer With Hearing Loss

In your issue of December 28, 2017 you published a letter from Howard S. Davis complaining of limitation of access to the courts for people with hearing…
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Judiciary Both Independent and Accountable

The increasingly divisive, special-interest and politically driven view of the judiciary cannot be what we want for our system of justice. It would threaten to make the judge an instrument of ideological tyranny instead of a guardian against it.
14 minute read

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