Announcements & News

Rosenberg Trial – Syracuse 3/12/20

Syracuse Rosenberg FLYER CANCELLED!!!!!!!!!     Join the United States District Court, Northern District of New York, along with the NDNY-Federal Court Bar Association as we present: The Rosenberg Trial James M. Hanley U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building...

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NDNY-FCBA Constitutional Scholars Program Contest 2020

CONSTITUTION CONTEST NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES! Subject: The origin of some aspect of the U.S. Constitution--specifically, one of the eighteen (18) topics listed on www.constitutionalscholars.org. Eligibility: All students in grades 9 through 12 in the 32 counties that...

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Northern New York’s Judicial and Political Dynasty

Christopher R. Riano Assistant Counsel to the Governor and Lecturer in Constitutional Law and Government at Columbia University The judicial and political history of Northern New York is replete with dynamic legal stories that have helped shape not only how the...

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Clerk’s Corner: Fall 2019

By Chief Clerk of Court John Domurad On a recent weekend the Judiciary experienced a widespread outage of its CM/ECF filing system. Although the Northern District of New York was not significantly impacted, the outage provides an opportune time to remind our...

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President’s Message

By the time you receive this newsletter, you will be ready to welcome trick-or-treaters at your front door. Fall is well underway, which means we are preparing for our Annual Meeting and Dinner to be held in Albany on December 5, 2019 at Sixty State Place, a historic...

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Judge Lowe Interviews Judge Peebles

On September 26, 2019, former United States Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe interviewed retired United States Magistrate Judge David E. Peebles for the purpose of memorializing Judge Peebles’ lengthy and impressive career. What follows is a summary of the information...

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Judge Mordue Depicted in Independent Film Garrow

Even recreation comes in the form of legal education for federal judges at their annual retreat. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2019, the District Judges, Magistrate Judges and Bankruptcy Judges of the Northern District, cups of coffee in hand,...

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Rosenberg Trial Reenactment – Albany, NY 11/12/19

The Trial of Ethel Rosenberg is perhaps the most notorious espionage case in the history of the United States -- the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1951 for conspiracy to spy for the Soviet Union. The Rosenbergs were arrested, charged, and tried in the context...

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