New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Cynthia Feathers | May 6, 2019
The hope is that the landmark criminal justice reform, significant state funding for public defense, and expanded training programs for the criminal defense bar will result in more fair and just guilty pleas.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Lisa Rivera | April 23, 2019
When recalling a traumatic event a survivor may respond in unexpected ways. They may have a flat affect, tell their story in non-chronological order, and yes, they may even experience uncontrollable laughter. These are completely common reactions to recalling trauma.
By Robert Goldman | April 19, 2019
If lawyers only knew of the shift in what is expected of them, they might feel a sense of relief which, in itself, could improve their physical and mental health even before adjusting their approach to practice.
By David Lenefsky | April 17, 2019
Why did Raphael put Averroes in the Pope's painting? The answer is Averroes was also a philosopher (known as The Commentator) whose commentaries on Aristotle translated into Hebrew and Latin in the 13th century first exposed western Europe to Aristotle who had been almost completely forgotten after the collapse of the Roman Empire 700 years earlier. The connection between Averroes's commentaries on Aristotle and Raphael's depiction of Aristotle goes, however, much deeper.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rachel Barkow, Lucy Lang, Anne Milgram and Courtney Oliva | April 9, 2019
Despite a wealth of evidence showing public safety can be improved by connecting people to needed social and health services, the internal metrics of prosecutors' offices do little to incentivize this course of action.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Katie Adamides and Erin George | March 26, 2019
The property tax cap creates perverse incentives for criminalizing low-income people of color and turning the police into revenue generators. And it's wrong to create a criminal record for those who can't afford to buy back their driver's licenses.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Brook Hopkins and Colin Doyle | March 25, 2019
Today, with just over 4% of the world's population, the United States has nearly 20% of the world's pretrial jail population — almost half a million people.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By John Koeltl | March 25, 2019
It cannot be good for lawyers to be thrown off the treadmill of the legal profession because they have reached a certain age. And it is not good for the profession or the city that needs their talents.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rebecca Roiphe | February 7, 2019
Giuliani's public appearances are so strange that it would be hard to prove that his pronouncements are statements of fact and even if they are, that he knew at the time that what he was saying was false.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By David B. Shanies | February 4, 2019
This case, given its parallels to the Brooklyn District Attorney's recent experience with disgraced Detective Louis Scarcella, should serve as a call to action for Ms. Clark.
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