New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Nicholas W. Allard | January 24, 2018
Unlike so much tiresome, downbeat, and predictable coverage of legal education and law practice, and because she avoided the temptation to pick winners and losers, Ms. DeSantis portrays a vibrant, frankly exciting job market in the new world of law.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By James C. Tormey III | January 22, 2018
Justice James Tormey, Administrative Judge for the Fifth District, highlights the significant strides the district has made in resolving cases more effectively and efficiently under Judge Janet DiFiore's "Excellence Initiative" mandate.
By Susan DeSantis | January 18, 2018
University at Buffalo School of Law student Jonathan Reyes-Colon is already in Puerto Rico helping prepare for the arrival of his classmates who will be providing legal services under the auspices of a practicing attorney. Here are his reflections on the legal clinic and his experience since Hurricane Maria.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Steven Cash | January 11, 2018
Steven Cash writes: The rule of law depends on lawyers. That is why, in the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind Obama-era policies that sidestepped the tension between federal and state laws related to marijuana, a reasonable and critical step is to ensure that lawyers can help maintain that rule of law.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Robert Tembeckjian | January 9, 2018
The increasingly divisive, special-interest and politically driven view of the judiciary cannot be what we want for our system of justice. It would threaten to make the judge an instrument of ideological tyranny instead of a guardian against it.
By Justice Peter Tom | December 13, 2017
Norman Lau Kee was one of the pioneers of the legal profession in Chinatown. He was a grandson of Chinese immigrants, a successful academic, a World War II veteran and most significantly, was part of a very small vanguard of Asian lawyers who first provided legal representation for Chinatown residents beginning in the 1950s.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By James B. Kobak Jr. | November 28, 2017
The STAR-SKAN algorithms can resolve the knottiest legal questions in seconds—almost as fast as Donald Trump can tweet the answer.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sol Wachtler | November 17, 2017
Sol Wachtler writes: There was a time when a judge of an appellate court could review the very case he presided over when he was a trial judge. The New York Court of Appeals allowed, even applauded, the practice, but thanks to a recent decision of that same court ('People v. Novak') that will no longer be tolerated.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Keith Hoffmann | November 9, 2017
By reducing veterans' legal challenges and increasing their incomes—by securing veterans' benefits, increasing workplace accommodations for veterans with disabilities, and stabilizing family law issues—we can help to improve veterans' quality of life and impact their health.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Stephen Kruger | November 1, 2017
Instead of building a corrupt entity (a 2019 constitutional convention) which would parallel an existing corrupt entity (the legislature), advocates of a 2019 constitutional convention should direct their energies to forming a slate of not-corrupt candidates for all Senate seats and for all Assembly seats.
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