A Report by the Atlantic Legal Foundation. October 2008 From the Report: This report regarding the impact of the current level of compensation of the New York Judiciary on the State’s economy and business community is respectfully submitted by the Atlantic Legal Foundation. Introduction The Atlantic Legal Foundation is concerned…
November 21, 2008 Top Ten Stories: Law Firms DLA Piper Asks 275 Non-Equity Partners to Ante Up, Goes to 1-Tier Structure Nov 19, 2008, 05:15 pm CST Judiciary Discipline Body Removes Judge Halverson, Citing ‘Bizarre’ Staff Treatment Nov 18, 2008, 07:03 am CST Law Schools Author Blames Yale and ‘Having…
TITLE: Legacy And Legitimacy SUBTITLE: Black Americans And The Supreme Court AUTHORS: Rosalee A. Clawson and Eric N. Waltenburg PUBLICATION DATE: December 2008 PUBLISHER: Temple University Press PAGE COUNT: 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1-59213-903-3 PRICE: $23.95 The U. S. Supreme Court’s Warren-era revolution in the areas of civil, individual, and privacy…
QUESTION: What is your policy on cell phones in the courthouse? Are you able to keep them with you? If not, what do you do with them while you are in the courthouse? Can you use them in the courthouse? SOME RESPONSES: “…The New Castle County Courthouse in Delaware bans…
September 2008 A special commission appointed by Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the Courts in the State of New York, has issued a Report: Justice Most Local, The Future of Town and Village Courts in New York State, which recommends a significant consolidation of the “centuries-old” local court…
The ABA Commission on the American Jury Project is pleased to announce Judge Judith S. Kaye, the Chief Judge of the State of New York, and G. Thomas Munsterman, Director Emeritus of the National Center for State Courts Center for Jury Studies, as the recipients of the 2008 Jury System…
.:: During the 2008 ABA Annual Meeting, the Judicial Division will be hosting several interesting educational programs for the judges, lawyers, and law students, including the following: : ** National Conference of State Trial Judges 50th Anniversary Program ** A Swift Round-trip on Erie Railroad: State Law in Federal Courts;…
The following are links to State of New York Annual Reports of the Chief Administrator of the Courts, beginning with the Report for 2004. The most recent report available at this initial posting is for 2006. It is our intention to post subsequent reports as they become available. The annual…
From: Associated Press: Judges Raise Ordered June 11, 2008 at 2:17 pm by Rick Karlin AP is reporting that a Manhattan trial court judge has just ordered the Governor and Legislature to grant judicial pay raises in the next 90 days. It’s unsure about possible appeals, or the impact on…
[From an article in the March 17, 2008 The National Law Journal by Tony Mauro of the Legal Times] There’s a video out there you may want to see – a web site called “LawProse Inc” on which 8 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Court justices speak about answering questions,…