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State of the Judiciary Address
February 14, 2012 – Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman Delivered the State of the Judiciary AddressChief Judge Jonathan Lippman delivered the State of the Judiciary Address today outlining an impressive agenda for the year. The Address [...]
Posted Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
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NYSACDL Co-Hosts Women’s History Month Event
“Ready, Set Lead! Women’s Future: Where Do We Go From Here?” a Long Island – wide program honoring amazing women leaders from various fields will be held on March 23, 2012 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at [...]
Posted Friday, February 10th, 2012
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NYSACDL Urges Members to Call for Restoration of NYSDA’s Funding
NYSACDL is urging members to write to legislative leaders calling for the restoration of funding for NYSDA’s Public Defense Backup Center. NYSDA’s Public Defense Backup Center which performs New York State’s backup function under the Sixth [...]
Posted Friday, February 10th, 2012
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NYSACDL FOUNDATION ANNUAL DINNER
NYSACDL Foundation hosted the 2012 Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony on January 26 at the Prince George Ballroom in Manhattan and honored New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman with the William Brennan Award for Outstanding [...]
Posted Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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NYSACDL Opposes Bill Authorizing Forfeiture At Sentencing
Calling it a “dangerous and burdensome expansion of the criminal court’s responsibility”, NYSACDL President Kevin O’Connell recently voiced opposition to a bill contained within the 2012 – 13 budget recently submitted to Gov. Cuomo which [...]
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012
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NYSACDL President Testifies on Raising Age of Criminal Responsibility
December 15, 2011 – NYSACDL President Kevin O’Connell testified before the New York State Permanent Sentencing Commission in support of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility in New York [...]
Posted Friday, December 16th, 2011
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Hurrell-Harring: Important Consequences
In a recent article, The Right to Counsel at Arraignment in New York, John P. Gross, Indigent Defense Counsel for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, discusses the importance of the Court of Appeals decision [...]
Posted Friday, December 16th, 2011
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Lawyers Uncover Facebook Posts About West Indian Day Parade
NYSACDL members Paul Lieberman and Benjamin Moore used 21st century investigative techniques to uncover a string of comments on Facebook by NYPD personnel about Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade. The comments – some clearly offensive – [...]
Posted Thursday, December 8th, 2011
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NYSACDL Attorneys Meet With International Delegation from China
December 6, 2011 – Members of NYSACDL met today with a delegation of attorneys from China who are visiting the United States under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The [...]
Posted Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
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NYSACDL Files Amicus challenge to the Second Circuit’s “triviality exception”
NYSACDL and NACDL joined in a Petition for Rehearing en banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit which challenges as flawed the “triviality exception” to the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the [...]
Posted Saturday, November 19th, 2011