New York Chief Judge To Give State Civil Legal Services High Priority

In an op-ed article in The Journal News (New York's Lower Hudson Valley), Anne Erickson, president and CEO of the Empire Justice Center, writes:

• Re "Lippman has long list of reforms to pursue," (March 4 story), it's quite refreshing to see newly appointed Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has put civil legal services funding as a top priority. Lippman is quoted as saying he wants to "reconfigure the indigent defense system and raise money for civil legal services."

For more, see Civil legal services funding lacking.