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Champions - Academia
(Building Honest Scholarship)
PROFESSOR PAUL VERKKUIL
(Dean, Cardozo School of Law)
CJA's June 1, 2001 letter -- "RE: (1) Violative Conduct by the ABA
Standing Committee on Judicial Independence in connection with CJA's request
for amicus and other support in the appeal of the public interest
lawsuit, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial
Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico, against Commission on
Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co. #108551/99), to be
argued in the Appellate Division, First Department in the September 2001
Term; (2) Endorsement of CJA's request to the Director of the Jacob Burns'
Ethics Center for amicus and other support, including assistance 'in
building a coalition of support and involvement by members of New York's
legal ethics community and, in particular by the professors of legal ethics
and professional responsibility at New York law schools' for the issues
relating to legal ethics and professional responsibility presented by the
appeal of Elena Sassower v. Commission"
(indicated copies to Luke Bierman/Director-ABA Standing
Committee on Judicial Independence & ABA Justice Center;
Professor Ellen
Yaroshefsky/Director-Cardozo Law School's Jacob Burns Ethics Center)
PROFESSOR ELLEN C. YAROSHEFSKY
(Jacob
Burns Ethics Center/ Cardozo School of Law)
CJA's
June 1, 2001 letter -- "RE: Amicus and other support from the
Jacob Burns Ethics Center in the already-perfected appeal of the
public interest lawsuit, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center
for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico, against
Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York, including
assistance 'in building a coalition of support and involvement by members of
New York's legal ethics community and, in particular by the professors of
legal ethics and professional responsibility at New York law schools"
(indicated copies to Burt Neuborne/Director-Brennan Center for
Justice; Luke Bierman/Director-ABA Standing Committee on Judicial
Independence & ABA Justice Center; Paul Verkuil/Dean-Cardozo School of Law)
CJA's October 26, 2001 letter
-- ATT: Gita Joseph/Assistant -- "RE: Professor Yaroshefsky's NON-RESPONSE
to CJA's hand-delivered June 1, 2001 letter requesting amicus and
other support from the Jacob Burns Ethics Center in the already-perfected
appeal of the public interest lawsuit, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator
of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico,
against Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York,
including assistance 'in building a coalition of support and involvement by
members of New York's legal ethics community and, in particular by the
professors of legal ethics and professional responsibility at New York law
schools' -- including her NON-RESPONSE to CJA's follow-up phone messages"
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