NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS CHIEF JUDGE DIFIORE’S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT E-FILING IN THE APPELLATE DIVISIONS

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NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS CHIEF JUDGE DIFIORE’S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT E-FILING IN THE APPELLATE DIVISIONS

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Published On: Feb 08, 2018

Official Statement

 

 

CONTACT: Toni Valenti

(212) 267-6646 x210

tvalenti@nycla.org

 

NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS CHIEF JUDGE DIFIORE’S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT E-FILING IN THE APPELLATE DIVISIONS

 

February 8, 2018 – New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) commends the plan announced by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore in her 2018 State of the Judiciary Address to implement electronic filing in all four of the State’s Appellate Divisions, effective March 1, 2018. The plan to expand electronic filing will continue to increase efficiencies throughout the court system by reducing the need to maintain archives and decrease costs for the parties. As a 21st Century Bar Association, NYCLA recognizes the need to keep pace with changing technology and the needs of the bar as a whole and has consistently urged the adoption of e-filing in the Appellate Divisions and all courts in New York.

 

NYCLA has been and continues to be committed to the further implementation of e- filing initiatives and related educational programming, which has included:

 

 

About the New York County Lawyers Association

 

The New York County Lawyers Association (www.nvcla.org) was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.

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