Month: August 2020
Examining Judicial Civility in New York Courts for Transgender Persons in the Wake of United States v. Varner
In January 2020, the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, issued a decision in United States v. Varner,[1] that a federal court cannot require litigants, judges, court personnel or anyone else to refer to litigants using pronouns matching their gender identity. In the Varner decision, the Fifth Circuit sets forth three bases to support … Continued
Daily Coronavirus Update: Civil & Criminal Trials Outside NYC Could Begin Next Month
Good afternoon Members, During her weekly Monday update, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said that outside New York City, the state court system’s administrative, supervising and trial judges, along with other professional staff, are busy finalizing plans to restart jury trials in civil and criminal cases as early as September and October. “We have asked … Continued
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch Discusses Policing In America, Partisanship In The Department of Justice and The Clinton Email Scandal
Lynch discusses her involvement in the Louima prosecution and how some of the issues presented by the case are the same ones we’re facing today in a wide-ranging conversation on this week’s Miranda Warnings podcast.
NYSBA’s Definitive Guide to Virtual Lawyering
To help attorneys navigate these continued unprecedented times, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has created, “Virtual Lawyering: A Practical Guide,” a centralized resource of 22 practical chapters and subchapters authored by former federal judges, former law clerks to judges, and some of the leading New York practitioners in their fields.
State Bar Association Publishes New Guide To Virtual Lawyering
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has created a new comprehensive guide to help attorneys adjust to virtual lawyering as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 341-page book, entitled “Virtual Lawyering: A Practical Guide,” is a centralized resource of 22 practical chapters and subchapters authored by former federal judges, former law clerks and … Continued
Policing In America, Partisanship In The Department of Justice and The Clinton Email Scandal with Loretta Lynch | Miranda Warnings
Former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch talks with David for a wide-ranging conversation about policing in America, the problems with partisanship in the Department of Justice, what it was like to work for Barack Obama, and handling politically sensitive cases, like the Clinton email scandal.
Finding a Healthy Way to Transform Our Lives as We Retire
Many older lawyers feel they have only two retirement options open to them: either continue in their primary career path working full time or retire from it. This is based on the traditional meaning of retirement that is a single event – “withdrawal” from the workforce into leisure, relaxation, a slide into the end of … Continued
Copyright & COVID-19: Navigating Streaming Laws for Online Classrooms in the New Normal
Once COVID-19 began spreading rapidly throughout the U.S. this past spring, schools across the state and nation quickly closed their doors, and our educational system had to adjust to a new kind of learning that began to take place primarily all online. Months later, many parts of New York City and the rest of the … Continued
Legal Culture Must Change for Attorneys to Thrive
The definition of “culture,” according to Merriam-Webster, is the “set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic.” Put more simply, culture is the way we operate. It is defined by our behaviors, not our mission or business statements. In looking at the culture of the legal profession, … Continued