ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State officials say off-hours court arraignments in criminal cases will begin this month in centralized locations for four upstate New York counties. The New York state Unified Court System announced Monday that judges in local criminal ...
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Chief Administrative Judge A. Gail Prudenti is retiring from the state Unified Court System, effective Thursday, after 23 distinguished years on the bench. She will be taking a position as executive director for the Center for Children, Families and ...
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Read More »A rule change authorizing out-of-state attorneys employed as in-house counsel in New York to provide free legal services to underserved communities goes into effect this week. Announced Monday by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, the measure is the latest in a ...
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Read More »The New York State Unified Court System’s 2013 online voter guide for the public is now available. The guide, at www.nycourts.gov/vote/2013, includes information about candidates for elective judicial office who have chosen to participate. It contains biographical information provided by ...
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Read More »The state comptroller’s office and New York State Unified Court System are working on a corrective plan after an audit of travel expenses said some rules were not followed. The travel expenses of one particular employee of the Unified Court ...
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Read More »A “Public Access Guide” to local courts, created by the Seventh Judicial District, is now available on the Unified Court System’s website at www.courts.gov/courts/7jd. The guide, according to district Administrative Judge Craig J. Doran, furthers the goal of advancing public ...
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Read More »The state’s fiscal constraints, coupled with the costs of Hurricane Sandy, were taken into consideration by the Unified Court System, which Friday presented another austere budget proposal to the governor and Legislature. The judiciary’s general fund operating budget request for ...
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Read More »Many of the people affected by Hurricane Sandy, particularly downstate, are the state Unified Court System’s judges and non-judicial employees. Some, according to the courts, have lost their homes, while others have lost personal possession and have been displaced. To ...
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Read More »Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman is set to unveil the Unified Court System’s new 50-hour pro bono service requirement for New York bar admission Wednesday. Implementation of the new rule is being facilitated by the Advisory Committee on New York State ...
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Read More »Increasing diversity in communities throughout New York state is creating a growing need for interpreters in the court system. Recognizing that, the Unified Court System has re-established its Advisory Committee on Court Interpreting and just released an update of its 2006 action plan ...
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Read More »The Administrative Board of the Courts has a stack of responses to review regarding a proposed rule change governing judicial campaign donations. Ninety-one responses were received during the comment period that ended April 29, according to David Bookstaver, director of communications for the Unified Court System.
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Read More »Rochester attorney Justin Vigdor on Tuesday was one of several attorneys tapped by New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to serve on an advisory council “to promote a sea change in the already strong pro bono culture ...
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