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

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

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

The Riverdale Press (Bronx) mentioned NYSBA’s support for the legalization of marijuana. Recreational marijuana becoming legal in New York may have taken a big step forward last week now that even the state’s lawyers are coming out for it. The New York State Bar Association gave its blessing to a report from its cannabis law … Continued

The Albany Times Union quoted President Greenberg on judicial diversity. The city’s first black judge was appointed in 2002 when Mayor Jerry Jennings named William Carter, now an Albany County Court judge, to City Court. A year earlier, now-retired Randolph Treece became the first black judge to serve on the federal bench in New York’s … Continued

Newsday mentions the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Cannabis Law support of legalized marijuana. Long Island companies may have to rethink their drug testing policies as state lawmakers renew a push to legalize recreational marijuana. A bid for legalization narrowly failed last year. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who included the Cannabis Regulation and … Continued

The New York Law Journal features a Q & A with New York State Bar Association Committee on Attorney Professionalism chair Andrew Oringer. The Standards of Civility “set forth principles of behavior to which the bar, the bench and court employees should aspire.”