New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Stuart M. Rissoff | November 18, 2020
The lawyers presenting election challenges have been subject to every manner of ridicule, harassment and threats.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Michelle S. Russo | November 12, 2020
Whether such claims are meritorious or not is a legitimate matter for the courts, not those with a political agenda, to decide.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Mark A. Berman | November 4, 2020
Technology will lead the legal profession and the New York State Bar Association seeks to ensure that law students and young lawyers meet that challenge.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Judy Whiting | September 30, 2020
We applaud automatic expungement of marijuana offenses now decriminalized. It may be tempting to take things further and demand that court records be destroyed, but there is almost nothing to be gained by having sealed court records destroyed, and potentially a lot to lose.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Justin Barry | September 28, 2020
A recent commentary related that, after an "initial rebuff," the Office of Court Administration quietly started dismissing his and others' protest-related summonses, a statement that demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of OCA and the adjudicative process.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Alvin Schulman | September 24, 2020
Recent coverage of the death of Justice Ginsburg claims that "a federal district judge, Edmund L. Palmieri, … agreed to hire her only after [a Columbia Law School professor] threatened never to send the judge another law clerk if he did not." I was Judge Palmieri's clerk when he interviewed Ruth Ginsburg, and can attest that the "threat", if made, was not the cause of the judge's job offer.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Mark Berman | August 24, 2020
Now is thus a good time, with working virtually having been legitimized, for law firms to examine their practices in light of attorney diversity and inclusion and, in particular, increasing opportunities for women.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Joel Kurtzberg and John MacGregor | August 14, 2020
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.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Thomas F. Liotti | August 7, 2020
The Congress, state legislatures and judiciary should take immediate steps to provide additional security for all judges and their families.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Naomi Gallimore, Benjamin Leb and Destinee Salomon | July 28, 2020
It sometimes feels as though we, not-quite-lawyers, have no special part to play during these crises. But as recent law graduates, we have the power and skills necessary to seek justice, promote fairness, and fulfill a special obligation that we have to broader society.
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