Steven Getman

The Schuyler County Legislature has recognized as the Law Day 2021 theme “Advancing the Rule of Law Now.” The legislature passed a resoluti...

The American Bar Association has announced the theme for Law Day 2018, "Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom." The U.S. ...

The New York State Bar Association supports a Constitutional Convention to restructure the NYS judiciary, enhance voter participation and mo...

ABA Journal : A cert petition pending before the U.S. Supreme Court shines a light on the power of some nonlawyer judges in the United State...

The Center for Appellate Litigation (CAL) has released an article on legal challenges to prosecutions under NY Penal Law 265.01 (1) (fourth...

The American Bar Association has announced the theme for Law Day 2017, which is “The Fourteenth Amendment: Transforming American Democracy.”...

Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy...

New York State Office of Court Administration: In anticipation of Election Day 2017 − when for the first time in two decades New Yorkers w...

The Washington, DC Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society presents its Annual Supreme Court Round Up at the Mayflower Hotel on Friday Ju...

Syracuse.com : New York would have to pay the $372 million a year that counties are now spending to provide lawyers to poor defendants accus...

Law Day is held on May 1st every year to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal prof...

New York State officials have announced new Criteria and Procedures for Determining Assigned Counsel Eligibility. These criteria and proc...

With the unfortunate passing of Hon. Antonin Scalia , the Supreme Court Justice nomination process has again become a widely discussed subje...

Syracuse.com : New York state requires counties to provide lawyers to represent poor people charged with crimes, but when it comes to paying...

From Reuters : The Washington Post and Politico reported late last week that one of Obama’s main proposals would require some unlicensed gun...

In 2017, New York voters will decide whether to authorize a convention to consider revising the New York State Constitution. The New York St...

Scott Rasmussen : On Monday, June 15, the Magna Carta turns 800, and it is worthy of great celebration by freedom-loving people everywhere. ...

New Edition of State Court Docket Watch In an effort to increase dialogue about state court jurisprudence, the Federalist Society presents ...

Legal Insurrection reports that "[t]he New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that a local law intended to protect children from c...

The Washington Times : The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people’s cell phones without a warrant, in a...