New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Craig M. Boise and Alan Feigenbaum | March 9, 2023
Craig Boise, dean of Syracuse University College of Law, and Blank Rome counsel Alan Feigenbaum, argue that removing the LSAT requirement for getting into law school can eliminate barriers to achieving genuine diversity in the legal profession.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sol Wachtler | March 8, 2023
Unfortunately, by virtue of the recent pronouncement of Senate leaders, notice has already been given to every jurist that any aspiration to sit on the Court of Appeals is not dependent on judicial temperament, collegial abilities, scholarship and skills, but rather on that judge's ability to establish bona fides as a "progressive."
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Nitsana Darshan-Leitner | February 21, 2023
Section 230, which went before the U.S. Supreme Court today for oral argument in a cases involving social media platforms' liability for the murder of an exchange student at the hands of terrorists, has provided Silicon Valley with blanket criminal and civil immunity for too long, writes Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | February 16, 2023
Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bellacosa (retired) weighs in on the New York State Senate Democrat supermajority's recent rejection of Governor Hochul's nomination of Presiding Justice Hector LaSalle as the next Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Alan M. Dershowitz | February 7, 2023
This case is different from other leak cases in that the leaker was not disclosing any governmental misconduct.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | February 7, 2023
Yes, the good professor is correct—great and continuing damage was inflicted on the Court's reputational integrity due to the leak. Surprisingly, though, he's willing to let the camel's nose inside the tent in order to get to the bottom of this particular scandal.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By John M. Leventhal | January 19, 2023
The hearing itself was robust and full, but calling it a "fair" hearing is farcical and a travesty.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Paul Newell | January 16, 2023
LaSalle has not shown any particular innovation in judicial administration, nor the kind of intellectual clout, that would justify his elevation to this important role at a time when New York's courts badly need a different kind of leader.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Scott Mollen | January 14, 2023
Having a well-qualified candidate, selected by the governor, attacked for essentially being a "moderate," sends a terrible message to the public and diminishes respect for New York State and the New York court system in particular.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By David Siffert | January 13, 2023
There has been a steady hum of op-eds and letters here in the Law Journal raising the possibility that perhaps LaSalle is not quite so bad. Perhaps all these voices were hasty—in fact, if you look closely at LaSalle's record, does it really show such conservative tendencies? The answer is yes.
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