I am so excited about the 2011 Mentoring Program. NYCLA has put together the FIRST EVER bar association sponsored mentoring program for the second year. We had the first meeting last night with a huge turn-out of mentors and mentees. This year's group consists of 20 pairs! We had to whittle down the applicants (>150! we enthusiastically encourage reapplying) based on the success of last year's program.
The meeting featured an excellent introduction to career empowerment and mentoring from Elise Holtzman http://www.advocatesuccessgroup.com/blog/. Following the meeting we met at our new monthly social gathering at the swanky, fabulously decorated back room of the Woolworth Tower Kitchen. http://www.thewoolworthtowerkitchen.com/photos.html I love this place. I can't wait to come back. Thank you Shariff and Lou!
This program is really that good. In fact, we need to find a better name than just mentoring program to brand it. I am open to suggestions.
Big thanks to Bari, Zack, and the Advisory Board: Lew Tesser, Judge Laura Ward, Nancy Morisseau and my humble self. This is going to be BIG!
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
NYCLA Recommendations Regarding Commission on Judicial Conduct Adopted by NYSBA
NYCLA announced on January 28 that the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates has adopted the major recommendations proposed by a report released by NYCLA’s Task Force on Judicial Conduct.
The NYCLA Report was prepared in response to concerns that the activities of the Commission on Judicial Conduct may unintentionally compromise the independence of the Judiciary and the widespread perception that many of the Commission’s procedures are at variance with the due process framework that is fundamental to our legal system. The new recommendations seek to promote judicial independence by bringing greater transparency to the way in which the Commission operates, and enhancing due process and the appearance of fairness in the Commission’s processes.
For NYCLA's submission to the to the NYSBA House of Delegates, click here http://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News147_0.pdf
For NYCLA's Task Force on Judicial Conduct, click here http://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News147_2.pdf
The NYCLA Report was prepared in response to concerns that the activities of the Commission on Judicial Conduct may unintentionally compromise the independence of the Judiciary and the widespread perception that many of the Commission’s procedures are at variance with the due process framework that is fundamental to our legal system. The new recommendations seek to promote judicial independence by bringing greater transparency to the way in which the Commission operates, and enhancing due process and the appearance of fairness in the Commission’s processes.
For NYCLA's submission to the to the NYSBA House of Delegates, click here http://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News147_0.pdf
For NYCLA's Task Force on Judicial Conduct, click here http://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News147_2.pdf
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Task Force on Professionalism Revs Up for a New Year
The Task Force under the helm of Ron Minkoff started off the new year with its first meeting last week. The big ticket item is the second year of the Mentoring Program which will build on the success of the first year pilot program. Also in the pipeline are new initiatives and the future of our humble blog. Stay tuned …
Monday, June 28, 2010
Mentees Send In Those Surveys
Mentees, this is a post dedicated to all of you; a reminder to please fill out the surveys as fully as you are able by June 30. (You have two days.) We can really use your feedback and are grateful for your time. Thanks!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
NYCLA Joins in Filing Civil Action to Challenge Mayor's Plan to Change Indigent Defense Plan
On June 18, NYCLA joined with the Bronx, Kings, Richmond and Queens County Bar Associations in filing a civil action in New York State Supreme Court alleging that recent attempts by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the City of New York and the Criminal Justice Coordinator to overturn the City's indigent defense system are unconstitutional under the New York and United States Constitutions.
This most recent action follows the filing of an Article 78 proceeding on June 2 to challenge the City's unilateral overturning of the indigent defense system operated for more than 40 years through a joint plan among the City and County Bars.
The June 18 complaint alleges that the City's actions threaten to undermine indigent defendants' already limited access to meaningful and effective representation, and that the actions violate the guarantees of access to counsel, due process, equal protection and separation of powers. The complaint seeks to halt the City's contract procurement process and preserve the status quo unless and until the City reaches an agreement with the County Bars that preserves indigent defendants' access to adequate legal counsel.
To read the June 18 release about the filing of the civil action, click here: https://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News131_0.pdf
This most recent action follows the filing of an Article 78 proceeding on June 2 to challenge the City's unilateral overturning of the indigent defense system operated for more than 40 years through a joint plan among the City and County Bars.
The June 18 complaint alleges that the City's actions threaten to undermine indigent defendants' already limited access to meaningful and effective representation, and that the actions violate the guarantees of access to counsel, due process, equal protection and separation of powers. The complaint seeks to halt the City's contract procurement process and preserve the status quo unless and until the City reaches an agreement with the County Bars that preserves indigent defendants' access to adequate legal counsel.
To read the June 18 release about the filing of the civil action, click here: https://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News131_0.pdf
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
New Chair for the Professionalism Task Force
Jim Kobak has appointed Ron Minkoff to succeed him as Chair of the Professionalism Task Force.
Ron is one of New York State’s leading practitioners in the field of attorney ethics and professional responsibility, representing attorneys in a wide variety of matters including partnership disputes, disciplinary cases, and malpractice and intentional tort actions. He is Adjunct Professor of Professional Responsibility at New York University School of Law. He is a member of the NYSBA Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct and the NYSBA Special Committee to Review the Code of Judicial Conduct of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism, and a past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Ron is one of the principal authors of the Ethics Institute’s soon to be released treatise: “The New York Rules of Professional Conduct: Practice and Procedure,” Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2010.
Welcome Ron!
Ron is one of New York State’s leading practitioners in the field of attorney ethics and professional responsibility, representing attorneys in a wide variety of matters including partnership disputes, disciplinary cases, and malpractice and intentional tort actions. He is Adjunct Professor of Professional Responsibility at New York University School of Law. He is a member of the NYSBA Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct and the NYSBA Special Committee to Review the Code of Judicial Conduct of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism, and a past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Ron is one of the principal authors of the Ethics Institute’s soon to be released treatise: “The New York Rules of Professional Conduct: Practice and Procedure,” Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2010.
Welcome Ron!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
NYCLA Advocates for Indigent Members of Society
On behalf of NYCLA and other county bar associations, Haynes and Boone, LLP commenced an action in New York State Supreme Court seeking to block the City of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Mayor’s Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt from unilaterally implementing an overhaul of the City’s indigent legal defense system for criminal matters -- a system that was devised and has been operated under a joint plan among the City and the County Bars for more than 40 years. The County Bars brought the lawsuit on behalf of New York’s indigent defendants, who are otherwise without effective means or recourse to challenge systematic inadequacies in the provision of criminal defense services.
The action -- referred to as an “Article 78 Proceeding” -- seeks an order from the court preventing the City and the CJC from further disturbing the status quo unless and until the City reaches an agreement with the bar associations that preserves indigent defendants' access to adequate legal counsel.
Fo more information, follow the link to the full news release: https://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News130_0.pdf
The action -- referred to as an “Article 78 Proceeding” -- seeks an order from the court preventing the City and the CJC from further disturbing the status quo unless and until the City reaches an agreement with the bar associations that preserves indigent defendants' access to adequate legal counsel.
Fo more information, follow the link to the full news release: https://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/News/News130_0.pdf
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