The Pace Law Advocacy Board is excited to announce its inaugural publication of The Advocate’s Advantage, the official blog of the Pace Law Advocacy Program. The blog publishes articles written by both students and faculty pertaining to a variety of trial, appellate, and evidentiary issues. Please subscribe to The Advocate’s Advantage and receive notifications of new posts! The editors are always seeking submissions from both faculty members, students, and alumni. If you would be interested in publishing an article, please contact advocatesadvantage@law.pace.edu.
Judge Malaika N. Scott-McLaughlin ’09, a Civil Court Judge for the City of New York, was no stranger to the legal world growing up. As the daughter of Professor Randolph McLaughlin, a renowned civil rights attorney and longtime member of the faculty at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, she spent a lot of time observing him in the classroom teaching and in practice advocating.
Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman pens an op-ed in amNewYork criticizing Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s decision not to advance New York’s Wrongful Convictions Act. Professor Gershman writes that the legislation would have expanded opportunities for wrongfully convicted individuals to challenge their convictions, access legal representation, and present new evidence of innocence. He contends that blocking the bill denies a critical pathway to justice for those seeking to overturn wrongful convictions.
Haub Law Emeritus Professor Jay Carlisle writes a letter to the editor in the New York Law Journal defending the qualifications of U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, arguing that critics have unfairly characterized his credentials and public service record.