At a Wednesday, Nov. 13 hearing, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks passed out this graphic showing what the New York state court system looks like right now.

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amending Article VI of the New York State Constitution to simplify our inefficient, outdated trial court structure. The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) was formed in 1876 with the express ...

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní For decades, governors and lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to overhaul New York’s antiquated and fragmented court system, considered among the most complex to ...

Yet most New Yorkers know nothing about our court system. Thankfully, Janet DiFiore, New York’s chief judge, has proposed to overhaul the state’s judicial system. Before outlining the proposal ...

We applaud Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's call for restructuring and modernizing the New York Court system during her 2019 State of Our Judiciary address. This long-overdue reform is necessary to ...