The Judiciary

April 29, 2008

NY Legislature: Bill would Add 39 Judges to Family Court Bench

An article in the April 29, 2008 New York Law Journal ( http://www.nylj.com)reports that the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote tomorrow (April 30) on the bill A10615/S7585 which would create 14 additional family court judgeships in New York City and 25 elsewhere in the state of New York. Click on the links below to see the text of the bill and its sponsoring memorandum:

Text of Bill A10615/S7587 Additional Family Court Judges

Sponsors Memorandum for Bill A10615/S7587 Additional Family Court Judges

April 21, 2008

Faith in the Courts: A Model for How Court Systems Can Work with Religious Communities

by David Badertscher

BY: Hon. Juanita Bing Newton, Matthew Weiner, and Moise Waltner*

p.28 – 32 of Judges Journal Vol. 46 No. 4 (Fall 2007).

This article describes how Judge Juanita Bing Newton and her staff in New York have successfully collaborated with the Interfaith Center of New York to reach out to more than 600 religious leaders in New York City to enhance the religious communities’ understanding of the legal system and to help court system personnel understand the diverse communities they serve.

April 10, 2008

Kaye v. Silver : Chief Judge of the State of New York Sues for Increase in Judicial Pay for all State Judges

by David Badertscher

N.Y.’s Top Judge Sues Over Judicial Pay

KAYE V. SILVER

“N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County, April 10, 2008) – Chief Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye sued New York officials for an increase in judicial pay for all state judges, arguing that, “while New York judicial salaries have declined 27 percent in real terms since 1999,” every other state employee has gotten ‘ cumulative increases of more than 24 percent’.”.

April 10, 2008

National Issues Forum: Under Pressure, How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial

by David Badertscher

Under Pressure: How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial?

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Presented by the Coalition for Justice Hosted by the American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC

April 10, 2008

Chief Judge Judith Kaye Sues New York State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike

by David Badertscher

From: New York Law Journal April 10, 2008

Chief Judge Kaye Sues State to Secure Judicial Pay Hike

BY: Joel Stashenko

April 7, 2008

ABA Honors Judge William Wilkins

by David Badertscher

By Dan Hoover STAFF WRITER

GreenvilleOnline.com http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008304050002

April 5, 2008

April 3, 2008

Cost Estimate: Federal Judicial Salaries Restoration Act of 2007

by David Badertscher

S.1638

SUMMARY

S. 1638 would increase the salaries and change certain retirement benefits for some judges and justices of the United States. The bill also would allow those judges and justices to receive annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) without further Congressional approval and would increase the compensation paid to Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees.

February 20, 2008

ABA Judicial Division Presents Programs at the 2008 ABA Midyear Meeting

by David Badertscher

From the ABA Judicial Division:

The ABA Judicial Division presented and received favorable press coverage of the many wonderful programs during the 2008 Midyear Meeting in Los Angeles, CA, February 6-10. You can read, listen, and/or view these programs by clicking on the links below. This information is also posted to: http://www.abanet.org/jd/

Stranger in a Strange Land: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Courts — Video | Audio

February 1, 2008

Wireless Technology for Oregon Courts

by David Badertscher

Jackson, William. “Wireless Rules for Oregon Courts,” Government Computer News, (February 1, 2008).

“Officials at the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) ran into a problem several years ago when they began looking for a new home for the department’s information technology staff and equipment. ”

“Managers had to figure out how to connect the network operations center (NOC) with the state’s data center and support more than 2,000 department employees at 70 locations statewide without requiring IT staff members to spend all their time on the road….”

January 30, 2008

ABA Conference: Stranger in a Strange Land: Cross Cultural Issues in the Courts

by David Badertscher

What does “the rule of law” mean in today’s multi-cultural society?

In a growing number of cases in state and federal courts all across the country, immigrants are pleading “the cultural defense” – invoking the customs and traditions of their homelands to explain their actions. Even when it is not raised per se, culture plays a role in many cases – both civil and criminal.

In this engaging and highly-interactive presentation, audience members will use hand-held TrialGraphix technology to “vote” on the outcome of vignettes drawn from fascinating and controversial real-life cases “ripped from the headlines” and presented by an inter-disciplinary panel of some of the nation’s leading cross-cultural experts.