New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Betsy Kramer | March 15, 2021
Article on private foster care agencies does a grave disservice to children by arguing that private agencies who carry out the state's responsibility for caring for children in foster care should not be treated as state actors for purposes of 42 U.S.C. §1983 liability.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By The Board of the Association of New York City Housing Court Judges | February 19, 2021
The judges of the Housing Court of the City of New York have every day since mid-June 2020 presided over proceedings in which litigants appear in person.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Sondra M. Miller | February 17, 2021
"My reference to the sole appellate judicial decision cited was not intended to create the erroneous impression that the committee does not do its work."
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter | February 11, 2021
The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, New York Chapter, urges leaders to do everything possible to preserve the talent and commitment of those who have served so well and have proven themselves to be the very best models for judicial service.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Sondra M. Miller | February 10, 2021
The New York Rules of Court provide rules and requirements for the training of forensics, their application for appointment to the panel from which the judiciary selects them, and recommendations regarding their removal. Unfortunately, entirely lacking in the NYCRR is any direction to the bench, the bar, or to the public about the existence of these regulations.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Stuart M. Rissoff | February 5, 2021
We are now one year into what is arguably the largest mass tort case in human history.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Justices Charles C. Merrell and Esther M. Morgenstern | January 26, 2021
The state constitution, in laying out provisions for certification of senior judges established more than a century ago, requires assessment of an applicant's fitness for service and an establishment of the need for their continued service.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Alan B. Katz | January 19, 2021
"Passion and self-righteousness at the expense of reason come with a harsh price."
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Stuart M. Rissoff | December 18, 2020
Unconscious bias. Conscious bias. Subconscious bias. A dizzying recitation of every fashionable buzzword. This is now what passes for scholarly writing.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Marvin Ray Raskin | November 23, 2020
I find the conduct of big law firms, afraid to stand their ground and represent a highly visible unpopular client, an embarrassment to the profession.
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