Bar and bench work together to improve services in Brooklyn’s courts
The collegiality between the courts, the judges and the bar associations in Brooklyn has helped establish the borough as one of the most progressive in the country.
The local legal community has worked together on progressive issues such as drug and other types of treatment courts, wrongful conviction cases, the Right to Counsel program that provides attorneys to those in need in Housing Court, the implementation of Raise the Age and many other programs, all while dealing with a smaller budget than it had a decade ago.
On Wednesday, the Brooklyn Bar Association and its president David Chidekel hosted the organization’s annual Judiciary Night which more than 200 of its members attended to thank the judges for their support.