As the city’s public defender strike entered its second week, both sides of the picket line pointed the finger at one another for refusing to compromise on deals that would bring around 500 attorneys and legal staff back to work.
Read MoreOver 500 attorneys and legal staff at the city’s second-largest public defender organization went on strike Thursday.
Read MoreThe founder and longtime executive director of Brooklyn Defender Services, the city’s second-largest public defense firm, will retire at the end of the year.
Read MoreA coalition of legal aid organizations are demanding the city and state launch an investigation after a woman gave birth inside a Brooklyn criminal courtroom, calling the incident “a profound moral failure” of the justice system.
Read MoreThe Legal Aid Society reached a tentative labor agreement with its attorneys’ union Wednesday afternoon, likely ending the threat of what would have been the largest public defender strike the city has seen in three decades.
Read MoreAs the June 30 deadline for the city budget approaches, lawmakers and legal advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday demanding more funding for immigrant legal services.
Read More“I'm less effective when I'm scared.”
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