New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Amy Barasch | September 18, 2020
When strangulation laws were being passed across the country, domestic violence advocates were encouraged when so many police departments agreed that stopping abusive individuals from terrifying people with near death experiences should be a core practice for them, even if the survivors show no serious sign of injury when the police arrive, as is often true. Police should understand why a chokehold, like strangulation, should be illegal no matter who does it.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Christopher J. DeLise | September 16, 2020
Civil cases deserve to be heard and the lack of funding should not allow abuse by big business to persist scot-free.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Elayne Kesselman | August 27, 2020
I am a sole practitioner and single parent. I have always done a lot of my paper work at home, so working from home during the pandemic has not been an adjustment for me. But for decades, the courthouse had been an extension of my office. Speaking with my adversaries and courtroom staff took the place of lunchroom meetings and standing around the office water cooler.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By William M. Erlbaum | August 21, 2020
COVID-19 will leave the world with massive damage in its wake. Rebuilding post-pandemic will need to be a collective project, with communication among participants and adequate solidarity, morale, and empathy, the attitude that "we are all in this together" and that every worker has skin in the game.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Edward Steinberg | August 20, 2020
So long as our profession remains siloed, we will fail to help attorneys at every age and every professional level from improving their lives and the lives of those who care for them deeply.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Justice Rolando Acosta | August 18, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the First Department has reduced the number of pending appeals (cases that have been argued but not yet decided) to zero for the first time in our history. However, we currently have a record number of perfected appeals for the September term.
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.
By Deborah Beth Medows | August 12, 2020
An attorney who started her career when the legal market was devastated by the Great Recession offers advice to young attorneys who are navigating today's challenging hiring sector and law students who are looking ahead to an uncertain future.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Nicholas W. Allard | July 29, 2020
Adjustments and improvements in the way new attorneys are admitted to the bar are feasible and now urgently needed.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Elizabeth Nevins-Saunders | July 28, 2020
Courts and prosecutors should not sweat the small stuff—that is, misdemeanors, which are, by definition, "minor wrongdoings."
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