Chancellor James Kent, widely regarded as the father of American Law, was laid to rest in Beacon, New York in 1847. However, over the … More Restoring the Gravestone of the Father of American Law »
Anniversaries are special occasions, and the tenth anniversary of the David A. Garfinkel Essay Scholarship is especially precious because it was so dear to … More The 10th Anniversary of the David A. Garfinkel Essay Scholarship — A Project of The Historical Society of the New York Courts »
Imagine you go to your job every day in a beautiful office surrounded by stunning portraits of people you know nothing about. Imagine these … More Why a Historical Society for the Courts of New York? »
This blog entry was written by John Caher, the court system’s senior advisor for strategic and technical communications. It discusses his recent interview with … More Podcast on Event “Bad Apples in the Big Apple: Notorious Criminal Trials in New York” »
This article was written by Susan N. Herman, Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and the President of the American Civil Liberties … More Love Triangles, Death, and Doubt: People v. Gillette and An American Tragedy »
This article was written by Hon. Denny Chin and Kathy Hirata Chin. Denny Chin is a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit. … More Asian Americans and the Law »
This blog entry serves as an introduction to an article written by Mark H. Alcott, of Counsel at the NYC firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, … More The Formation of New York’s Commercial Division: A History & Memoir »
This article was written by Craig A. Landy, a partner at NYC firm Peckar & Abramson, PC. Mr. Landy talks more extensively about this … More Jacobin Winds: Chief Justice James Kent and the Origins of the Citizenship Prerequisite for Admission to the New York Bar »
The Dooms of Ethelred (978-1016 A.D.) The thirty-eight year reign of Ethelred II is the first for which we have contemporary manuscripts containing the … More Emergence of the Common Law, the Anglo-Saxon Dooms, 601-1020 AD: The Dooms of the Kingdom of Wessex, Part 3 »
This entry was written by Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt, President of The Historical Society of the New York Courts. Judge Rosenblatt will be one … More An Evening of Law, Entertainment, Music, and Readings »
