2008 Events

The David A. Garfinkel Essay Prize

2007 Events

Wednesday March 14th, 2007 - The New York Court of Appeals: A biographical, pictorial, jurisprudential History with Dramatic Readings

A pictorial presentation of 160-year legal legacy of the New York Court of Appeals featuring original biographies of Chief and Associate Judges.

Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt,

Dramatic Readings by Henry G. Miller, Esq., New York Court of Appeals Jurisprudential Trends by Seth H. Agata co-author of "The History of the New York Court of Appeals 1932-2003"

2006 Events:

Audio or videocasts of all of these programs are or will be available on our website.

The Historical Society presented several much acclaimed CLE programs in 2006 in forums across the State. These programs included:

The Scales of Justice: A Reargument of Palsgraf v Long Island R.R. Co. A moot court dramatization. May 22, 2006, The New York City Bar AudioCast - Part I , Part II

An Encore Presentation of:
The Scales of Justice: A Reargument of Palsgraf v Long Island R.R. Co.
Encore presentation of a moot court dramatization.
November 9, 2006 The NYS Judicial Institute, White Plains

Frontier Justice: Western New York Blazes a Trail on the Underground Railroad and Down the Erie Canal.
Paul Finkelman, Professor of Law, Albany Law School; Professor John Fabian Witt, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School.
October 4, 2006, Buffalo

The New York Court Of Appeals Lecture Series:

The New York Court of Appeals opened the doors of its beautifully refurbished and modernized courthouse and Court of Appeals Hall to the public for its precedent-setting inaugural series of lectures, co-sponsored by the Historical Society. The well-attended and much enjoyed lectures included the following:

NY Times v Sullivan and its Times: The Press and the Community. Kermit Hall, President of the State University at Albany
March 23, 2006 Webcast Available Here

Dreiser’s “An American Tragedy:” The Law and the Arts. Susan N. Herman, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; and Francesca Zambello, internationally renowned director of opera and theater.
June 26, 2006 Webcast Available Here

The Shape of Justice: Law & Architecture. Henry N. Cobb & Paul S. Byard, internationally recognized architects.
November 16, 2006 Webcast Available Here

The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York invites law students to submit a paper on any topic related to New York’s legal history for potential publication in New York Legal History (details).

The Society's Achievements Since its Founding in 2003 (PDF)

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