Friday, December 11, 2009
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s CLE presentation on Transgender Issues in the Criminal Justice System earlier this week was wonderfully put together. Elana Redfield and Gabriel Arkles began by with a general overview of gender identity issues, and then went into more detail on issues that transgender people face in the criminal justice system and [...]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The New York State Senate is voting on same-sex marriage right now. I’m listening to the arguments streaming live from the senate floor, right now, in the background as I work. You can watch the live stream here.
I can’t really live blog this the way I’d like to, but I’ll do what I can and [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
On December 8th, I’ll probably be catching up on Transgender Issues in the Criminal Justice System.
When: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 – 5:30pm – 7:15pm
Where: N.Y. County Supreme Court, 100 Centre Street, Room 1517
Gender Fairness Committees of New York County Supreme & Criminal Courts, in conjuction with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Law Association of [...]
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
In a NY 2d Dept decision published on Monday, Davis v. Davis (NYLJ 11/23/09), the Court rejected the argument that the concept of constructive abandonment should not be expanded to include social abandonment as well as sexual.
The basic idea is this: New York is, I believe, the only remaining state in the union [...]