The 2010 David A. Garfinkel Essay Contest
	2009 is the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in New Netherland. The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York is pleased join in New York State's celebration of the quadricentennial.
Come Celebrate With Us : Before New York There Was New Netherland: Our Dutch Heritage (1609-2009)
	A Legal History of New Netherland

The Society was launched in 2003 with the mission of preserving the legal and judicial history of the State of New York. It seeks to foster scholarly understanding and public appreciation of the rich legacy of the New York courts, the legal profession and their contributions to the State and nation.

The Society presents program on a wide variety of topics about New York's legal history that are CLE-accredited; it publishes a scholarly newsletter and is in the process of publishing several books; it has initiated a program to collect the oral history of former New York Court of Appeal Judges; it exhibits New York legal history in Court of Appeals Hall and the New York State Judicial Institute; and it has created a website that contains a rich and growing library of New York judicial history.

The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York
140 Grand Street, Suite 701
White Plains, N.Y. 10601
phone: (914) 824-5717