The 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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