By Richard C. Lewis | December 13, 2023
In the 21st century, thanks to the internet and a wide array of other technologies, a traditional "brick and mortar" office is not only moot, but unduly burdensome on those wishing to practice law in New York state, the president of the New York State Bar Association writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary|Letter to the Editor
By Dawne Mitchell, Karen J. Freedman, Liberty Aldrich and Gary Solomon | December 11, 2023
A family court lawyer's recent unsubstantiated assertion in a Law Journal column that that judges "allow[] themselves to be potentially influenced by their favorite AFC on the issue of a toddler's custody," is both nonsensical and insulting to the judiciary, a group of prominent Attorneys For Children write.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Adrienne Koch and Richard Swanson | December 11, 2023
While the recommendation to raise elected Supreme Court justices' pay to equal that of federal district judges is welcome, that equalization will be short-lived. Federal district judges will get their own raises next year, and the commission's recommendation only includes one further salary increase for state judges and justices between now and the next time the panel convenes in four years
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Thomas R. Newman | November 28, 2023
It was heartening to read the opinions in the 12 criminal appeals decided by the Court of Appeals on Nov. 21, at least nine of which had as their jurisdictional predicate a grant of leave by a judge of the Court of Appeals.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Alan M. Dershowitz | November 16, 2023
The thrust of the article is that the National Lawyers Guild, on the day after the Oct. 7 massacres and before Israel entered Gaza, praised the Hamas rapes, beheadings and kidnappings as entirely justified "military actions." I criticized the guild for its support of terrorism and its insensitivity toward the Israeli victims, Alan M. Dershowitz writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary|Letter to the Editor
By Ellen Yaroshefsky | November 13, 2023
An idea recently that Alan Dershowitz recently proposed in an article published in the Law Journal is as treacherous and deceitful as it is unworkable--and is McCarthyism revisited, Ellen Yaroshefsky writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary|Letter to the Editor
By Alan M. Dershowitz | November 10, 2023
Law firms that hire such supporters of Hamas barbarism have an ethical obligation to disclose the decision they have made to their clients, and to not assign such lawyers to any client without getting their informed consent, writes Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Daniel M. Lehmann | September 15, 2023
In their article, "'Get Sheds Down': Reforming NYC's Shed Construction," Kenneth M. Block and Melissa T. Billig discuss New York City Department…
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | August 9, 2023
A former high court judge comes to the defense of Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who serves as the New York court system's independent monitor for its efforts to combat racial bias in the courts.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Adrienne B. Koch and Richard P. Swanson | August 8, 2023
The New York City Bar Association's criticism of Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick as an independent monitor for the New York court system's efforts to combat racial bias in its venues could undermine public confidence in the process, the leaders of the Manhattan-based New York County Lawyers' Association write.
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