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The "Amici" podcast series was created to share information and insight from New York's judges and the Unified Court System with constituents, stakeholders and anyone else who might have an interest in these topics.

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The "Amici" podcast series was created to share information and insight from New York's judges and the Unified Court System with constituents, stakeholders and anyone else who might have an interest in these topics.

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English

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Episodes

Demystifying the Courts: Court Of Claims

3/8/2024
The New York State Court of Claims is often a below-the-radar court in the state court system. It rarely makes news. Its jurisdiction is limited to civil cases against the state and some of its entities. There are no jurors, so each case is decided by a judge. And since the judges are all appointed by the Governor, they never interact with the public in the way that judges campaigning for public office do. In a new Amici podcast, Acting Presiding Judge Richard E. Sise and Court of Claims Judges Catherine Leahy-Scott and Ramón Rivera demystify the court, explaining why it exists, what it does and how it does it. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2024-03/Court%20of%20Claims%20final.pdf

Duration:00:43:25

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Hon. Carolyn Walker-Diallo

2/21/2024
When Carolyn Walker-Diallo, New York City Civil Court Administrative Judge, took her oath of office in 2015 with her hand on the Qur’an, the public recoil was instant. She was called “un-American,” a "jihadist" and a “terrorist.” For a time, she and her family were under armed guard. In this new Diversity Dialogue podcast, Justice Walker-Diallo, the first Muslim person to serve as a judge in New York State, discusses Islam and her spiritual journey. She also reveals that that prior to converting, she harbored negative presumptions about Islam based upon the misrepresentation of the religion in the news and the media. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2024-02/Administrative%20Judge%20Walker-Diallo.pdf #ramadan #Islamophobia

Duration:00:40:09

Milton Tingling

2/15/2024
Milton Tingling by John Caher

Duration:01:01:09

Remembering Harold Stevens: The First African American on New York’s Highest Court

2/12/2024
Fifty years ago, Judge Harold Arnoldus Stevens made history when he became the first African American to sit on New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals. In this extraordinary podcast, the two attorneys who served as Judge Steven's law clerks -- Robert McGreevy and Lawrence Zweifach -- provide an inside look at this trailblazer. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2024-02/Harold%20Stevens.pdf #gibsondunn #courtofappeals

Duration:00:30:35

“Call me!” A Discussion with Deputy Chief Administrative Judge James P. Murphy

2/9/2024
As the third of eight children in an Irish Catholic family, future Deputy Chief Administrative Judge James P. Murphy picked up a lot of skills early on that would come in handy when he undertook the daunting task of overseeing day-to-day trial court operations in 57 of New York’s 62 counties and put him in charge of 640 judges and 6,000 non-judicial employees: teamwork, collaboration, humility, group dynamics and a keen understanding that the interests of the clan as a whole outweigh those of any individual. Judge Murphy, who was appointed last year as the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the Courts Outside New York City, discusses his background and management approach in a new Amici podcast. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2024-02/Judge%20Murphy.pdf

Duration:00:23:19

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Hon. Milton Tingling

1/19/2024
In this Diversity Dialogue segment, we are honored and delighted to welcome to the program a truly historic figure, the Honorable Milton A. Tingling, the keystone of a nation's first three-generation family of Black judges. The Tingling family history and legacy is truly remarkable. "You don't command respect," he said. "You earn respect." NOTE: THE PODCAST DESCRIBES JUDGE TINGLING AS NEW YORK'S FIRST BLACK COMMISSIONER OF JURORS. HE WAS THE FIRST IN NYC. THE FIRST BLACK JURY COMMISSIONER STATEWIDE WAS SIDNEY OGLESBY OF ONONDAGA COUNTY. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2024-01/Milton%20Tingling_0.pdf

Duration:01:01:25

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Daniel Santiago-Stewart

12/13/2023
Daniel Santiago-Stewart, a Senior Management Analyst in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, discusses the challenges of growing up gay in a deeply religious home, and his successful quest for happiness and peace. "I am happy. Things could have been easier, but I don't regret what happened because I am who I am because of it. I am strong because of it." Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-12/Dan%20Santiago.pdf

Duration:00:36:34

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Linda Wiedrick

11/22/2023
In this Diversity Dialogue podcast, Linda Wiedrick, Chief Clerk in the Erie County Surrogate's Court, discusses her Mohawk roots and family story, reveals that the Mohawks were the first feminists and environmentalists, and shares the traditional Native American prayer of Thanksgiving. "We're here. We're strong. We're surviving. We're striving not to lose our customs and traditions," says Ms. Wiedrick. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-11/Linda%20Wiedrick%20Podcast%20Transcript%20final.pdf

Duration:00:25:01

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Hon. Lillian Wan

10/26/2023
In this Diversity Dialogue edition, the Hon. Lillian Wan, the first and only Asian American woman to serve on any of the four departments of the Appellate Division, discusses her childhood, growing up with immigrant parents, the biases she confronted and how those life experiences made her the judge she is. “I wanted my courtroom to be a place where everyone feels welcome, everyone feels included, where everyone feels, regardless of the outcome—win, lose or draw— that I'm not going to prejudge you based on what you look like or where you come from and that you're going to get a fair shake in my courtroom, whether you love my decision or hate my decision, and that's still what I aspire to.” Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-10/Judge%20Wan.pdf

Duration:00:34:36

Standing Up for the Judiciary: Hon. Rolando T. Acosta

10/5/2023
" I can't think of anything more important in today's society than to defend the Judiciary." In this Amici podcast, former Presiding Justice Rolando T. Acosta of the Appellate Division, First Department, explains how growing up under a dictatorship where the judiciary was complicit in, rather than a force against, injustice, fueled his passion for judicial independence from political pressure. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-10/Judge%20Acosta%20final.pdf

Duration:00:18:26

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Sgt. Bernice Torres

9/15/2023
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion is pleased to present this podcast interview with Sgt. Bernice Torres, a NYS court officer who will discuss her Puerto Rican roots, her journey out of poverty, how she became a world class handball player -- and why she insists that she has the best law enforcement job possible. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-08/Sgt.%20Torres.pdf

Duration:00:39:32

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Hon. Peter O'Donoghue

8/16/2023
The Hon. Peter O'Donoghue didn't let blindness interfere with his goals of attending college and law school, passing the bar and ultimately becoming a judge. In this new Diversity Dialogue podcast, Judge O'Donoghue shares his inspiring story. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-08/Judge%20O-Donoghue_0.pdf

Duration:00:20:00

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Chief Administrative Judge Zayas

8/2/2023
In this Diversity Dialogue segment, the Hon. Joseph Zayas, the first Latino ever appointed Chief Administrative Judge in NYS, discusses his childhood in a Harlem housing project, growing up with a mentally ill father and his vision for the court system he manages. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-07/Judge%20ZayasFINAL_0.pdf

Duration:00:57:42

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Christine Farrow

7/11/2023
Dr. Christine Farrow, the first female and first African American ever to serve as Commissioner of Jurors in Erie County, reflects on her life, her career, the importance of mentoring and her challenge in diversifying the jury pool. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-07/Christine%20Farrow.pdf

Duration:00:29:04

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson

6/21/2023
In this Diversity Dialogue podcast, New York Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson discusses his childhood growing up with a totally blind mother, his recent appointment as the first Chief Judge of color in state history, his bottom-up management style and his plan to create more work for his colleagues on the high court. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-06/Chief%20Judge%20Wilson%20Final%20RDW%20edits.pdf

Duration:00:44:40

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Charlie Arrowood

6/1/2023
In this presentation of the Unified Court System's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Charlie Arrowood, senior counsel to the Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission discusses their own gender transition, the meaning of terms such as "non-binary" and why the use of "they" and "them" as a singular pronoun is both appropriate and grammatically correct. Transcript: ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/fi…0Arrowood%20.pdf

Duration:00:34:51

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Hon. Shahabuddeen Ally

5/8/2023
In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Month, Diversity Dialogues is honored to present the Hon. Shahabuddeen Ally a native of Guyana and the first Muslim man elected to the bench in New York State. An unabashed believer in the American Dream, Judge Ally grew up in a one-bedroom South Bronx apartment that housed as many as 13 people. Compared to the life they left behind in Guyana, it was paradise. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-05/Shah%20Ally.pdf

Duration:00:29:28

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Randy Bowens

4/20/2023
Randy Bowens, the Statewide Equal Justice Coordinator for the NYS Courts, discusses his background and new role in this Diversity Dialogue podcast of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-04/Randy%20Bowens.pdf

Duration:00:27:47

Promoting Diversity in the Courts: Marilyn Marcus

3/23/2023
Thirty years ago today, the Hon. Judith S. Kaye made history when she was sworn in as the first female Chief Judge in New York State, a position she would hold for a record-breaking 15 years. All told, Judge Kaye, who was the first woman ever to sit on the state’s highest court, served 25 years, three months, 19 days and 12 hours on the Court of Appeals. In a special Women’s History Month edition of Diversity Dialogues, a podcast program of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Marilyn Marcus, Executive Director of the Historical Society of the New York Courts, discusses what Judith Smith Kaye meant to the courts, the law and to her personally. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-03/Marilyn%20Marcus%20on%20JSK.pdf

Duration:00:29:23

Revisiting Mendez v. Westminster

3/5/2023
Seventy-six years ago, the Mendez family and other Mexican American families in Southern California took on segregated schools and set the stage for the US Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. On March 23, a re-enactment of Mendez will be presented in Manhattan and virtually To commemorate the decision from a Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals, the Latino Judges’ Association is sponsoring a reenactment of the case with the help of students, faculty and administrators at Columbia Law School and St. John's Law School. The event, which is open to the public and comes with CLE credit for attorneys, will be held March 23rd at the Southern District of New York in Manhattan and virtually. Details: https://hsnyc.formstack.com/forms/20230323_mendez_v_westminster_reenactment_registration Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2023-02/MendezFinal.pdf

Duration:00:16:53