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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 3, 2021

Jack Weinstein at 100: A visionary for our legal institutions in 2021

Walking into the Brooklyn courtroom of the legendary federal judge, the first thing you saw was an empty elevated bench.

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Jack Weinstein at 100: A visionary for our legal institutions in 2021
Judge Weinstein in his chambers in 2017. (New York Times News Service)

Walking into the Brooklyn courtroom of the legendary federal judge, Jack B. Weinstein, the first thing you saw was an empty elevated bench. You would need to lower your eyes to spot Judge Weinstein, sitting below the dais and wearing a modest work-a-day suit. He did not wear the judge's robes. During trials, he sat next to the law clerks and the court reporter, on the same level as the lawyers, litigants, criminal defendants, and court watchers. He looked $95

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