Miranda Warnings

Nelson Denis, award-winning screenwriter, film director, author, and former New York State Assembly member talks about the history of Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States, how the problems brought about by Hurricane Maria have been crushing the island for decades and solutions for how Puerto Ricans can become self-sustaining.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Patty Salkin, former Dean at Touro Law Center, discusses the conflicting interests and resulting tensions in New York law schools, which must prepare students for the UBE, ensure they meet pro bono and other licensing requirements, and make students understand that a New York practice will require more than knowledge of the Uniform Acts.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Jill Choate Beier, founding partner at Beier & Associates discusses why people need to include the disposition of digital assets in their estate planning as well as why fiduciaries still are blocked from accessing email and social media accounts and how this has an outsized impact on very small estates.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Ed Walters, the CEO of Fastcase, teaches a course titled the “Law of Robots.” He discusses the consequences of the law’s historically slow response to a world defined by rapid change, increasing reliance on technology and disinterest in its unintended consequences.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Two of the last five presidential elections were won by people who lost the popular vote, a risk inherent to the Electoral College system.

Michael Fox, assistant professor of business law and pre-law advisor at Mount Saint Mary College, and Howard Schaffer, founder of Media Marketing, discuss the history of the Electoral College, whether it still serves today’s voters and what might replace it.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Jack Young, of counsel at Sandler Reiff in Washington, DC, and an expert on election law, discusses his work on the 2000 Bush v. Gore recount – from the Gore team’s pre-dawn rush to Tallahassee to its rifts on strategy. Attempts to create a standard by which all “chads” could be judged brought the matter to the courts, beginning what Jack views as unwarranted federal interference in an ongoing state process.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Susan Harper, chair of the Women in Law Section and Managing Director NY/NJ, Bates Group, discusses women’s rights issues in the context of history and the present-day #MeToo movement.

While noting “blips” in progress, Harper is optimistic, seeing #MeToo as a pivotal point that has inspired women to be more active in everything from politics to the workplace.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Camille Mackler, director of immigration legal policy at the New York Immigration Coalition, and Sarah Rogerson, professor of law and director of Albany Law School’s Immigration Law Clinic discuss bringing legal services to the more than 300 asylum-seeking refugees abruptly transferred to the Albany County jail in summer 2018 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sarah and Camille describe how the task was made possible by the volunteer network of lawyers, service providers, and bar associations that grew out of the January 2017 “travel ban” and Albany Law’s unique partnership with the Albany County jail.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.

Lesley Rosenthal, chief operating officer of the Juilliard School, and Hank Greenberg, NYSBA President-elect, and shareholder at Greenberg Traurig discuss the rule of law, the bedrock of a free and democratic society in a lively and timely conversation.

At its essence, the rule of law provides that no one is above the law and all are equally accountable. Lesley and Hank discuss the concept of the rule of law, how it governs every aspect of our society and our lives, and whether attacks on the Department of Justice and the judiciary are endangering the basis of our democracy.

Miranda Warnings is hosted by past NYSBA President David Miranda.