Bloomberg Law quoted President Greenberg on NYSBA’s support for Resolution 115. A resolution before the American Bar Association to address the access to justice crisis has been amended a second time in order to gain support from state bar leaders aligned against the proposal.
ABA News quoted President Greenberg on New York’s efforts to examine rural justice. They say everything is bigger in Texas, and they’re not wrong. Among the 50 states, Texas is second in land area, second in population and third in the number of lawyers. But it also has a Texas-sized problem with legal deserts – … Continued
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New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) President Henry M. Greenberg issued the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s intervention in the Roger Stone case: “The intervention by senior Department of Justice officials in the sentencing of Roger Stone is an assault on a bedrock principle of the rule of law — the apolitical administration … Continued
The Buffalo Law Journal mentioned NYSBA’s Task Force on the Parole System. Predictive technology and algorithms are being used in various places to decide how likely someone released from prison may be to commit another crime. The New York Times recently detailed the trend. In some places, similar technology is used to predict crime in … Continued
NYSBA President Henry M. Greenberg issued the following statement today regarding the absence of support for the Legal Services Corporation in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2021: “We are deeply disappointed that President Trump’s budget does not include funding for the Legal Services Corporation. $652.6 million is the bare minimum needed to provide … Continued
WAMC published President Greenberg’s commentary on legalizing marijuana in New York. You may be surprised to hear that the New York State Bar Association supports the legalization of adult-use recreational marijuana. Why would the largest and oldest association of lawyers, sworn to uphold and defend the rule of law, take a position in favor of … Continued
The Troy Record reported that NYSBA supports the legalization of recreational marijuana. The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) recently approved a report from the NYSBA Committee on Cannabis Law that supports the legalization of adult recreational marijuana use in New York.
The New York Law Journal quoted President Greenberg on Sen. Brad Hoylman’s bill to require the collection and publication of judges’ demographic information. “In order for New Yorkers to continue to have confidence in the judiciary, we need to ensure that the diversity of our judges reflect the rich diversity of our state’s population,” Sen. … Continued
SCOTUSblog published the video of Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s interview at the NYSBA Gala. On January 30, Justice Elena Kagan attended the New York State Bar Association’s annual gala, where she received the association’s Gold Medal for Distinguished Service in the Law and held a discussion with Professor John Barrett of St. John’s University … Continued