Dear BAEC Members, Hon. Christopher Burns has applied to be designated as Judicial Hearing Officer in the Fourth Judicial Department. See letter here. The Rules of the Chief Administrator provide for the evaluation of every applicant by the Fourth Department Selection Advisory Committee prior to the initial designation as Judicial Hearing Officer. The criteria for …
On behalf of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford has ordered that a Merit Selection Panel be appointed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §631 and the Regulations of the Judicial Conference of the United States. The Panel will review applications for the magistrate judge position and …
The 2023 Hon. Michael F. Dillon Attorneys for Children Award will be presented to local attorney Mary Anne Connell, Esq. by Presiding Justice Gerald J. Whalen on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Ms. Connell was designated to receive the award by the Fourth Department Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee, which annually selects two attorneys for children …
The 2023 Hon. Michael F. Dillon Attorneys for Children Award Has Been Announced Read More »
Roy Jones, a distinguished professor at Clemson University, has extensively researched the events leading to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that revolutionized American education. On May 17, 1954, the Court declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional, a decision heralded as a pivotal moment for Black Americans’ full …
