By Brian Lee | April 28, 2023
The demographic accounts for 4.6% of the state's population judiciary, while the AAPI community in New York hovers around 13%, says its president, Justice Shah A. Ally, the supervising judge of New York County Civil Court.
By Brian Lee | April 21, 2023
"We ask Chief Judge Wilson to appoint qualified AAPI judges and court personnel to key administrative positions within the Office of Court Administration," said Karen Kim, president of the Asian American Bar Association of New York.
By Chris O'Malley | April 7, 2023
Isabelle Mitura, Current's head of talent before her dismissal in January, alleges in a new lawsuit that its leadership is a "boys' club." The company calls the allegations unfounded.
By Brian Lee | March 8, 2023
Led by Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, the efforts centered on mandatory and comprehensive racial-bias training, beefed up diversity awareness in hiring, and creation of equal justice committees in each of the 13 judicial districts, to implement reforms at the local level.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael Rikon | February 24, 2023
In city after city, highways that were built to appease white suburban commuters, and enabled through eminent domain and funds from the 1949 Housing Act and 1956 Interstate Highway Act, were shoved through African American neighborhoods, causing surrounding blight and pollution. Among the Black neighborhoods divided by highways were Treme in New Orleans, the Brooklyn area of Charlotte and Overtown in Miami.
By Brian Lee | February 23, 2023
George Boyer Vashon came to New York after twice being denied entry to the profession in Pennsylvania. His great-grandson is today a Duane Morris partner in Philadelphia.
By Brian Lee | February 17, 2023
Carmen Velasquez, a Queens Supreme Court justice and the United States' first Ecuadorian-American judge, said she and other judges aren't happy about being excluded. But a court spokesperson said the Judiciary Law mandates that the courts must use certain ethnic and racial categories as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Law.com | How I Made It|Profile|Q&A
By ALM Staff | February 9, 2023
"Over the last decade, I have learned that the great majority of folks want to be more inclusive and be a part of positive progress. However, enthusiasm for DEI objectives is not created simply by explaining the theory behind this movement."
By Isha Marathe | February 9, 2023
There is far more the e-discovery industry could be doing to understand and address its diversity shortcomings, said Appellate Division, First Department Justice Tanya R. Kennedy at the Annual University of Florida E-Discovery Conference.
By Alexander Lugo | February 1, 2023
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