On June 28th, 2025, the Metropolitan Asian Deaf Association hosted the first Deaf Asian Street Festival to promote the contributions of Deaf Asian performers, small businesses, and community leaders. The festival raised awareness about the importance of inclusive communication and …
The New York Court Modernization Initiative
In June 2025, the New York State Supreme Court unveiled one of two courtrooms that were refurbished with technological improvements for visually and hearing-impaired individuals. The project at 60 Centre Street represents a significant step in the Courtroom Modernization Initiative, …
Deaf Football Team’s Inspirational Season
If you haven’t received the news by now, California School for the Deaf’s Riverside Cubs came within one game of securing their division’s title. Emerging this year from seven seasons of consistent losses, the Riverside Cubs—an all-deaf team with deaf …
Featured in the NY Law Journal
Indigent Deaf Find Fierce Advocates in Husband-Wife Legal Team BY REBECCA BAKER REPRESENTING the indigent deaf poses a host of legal challenges for Bruce and Liz Gitlin, a husband-and-wife team who run a public interest law firm in Manhattan. Among …
Landmark Settlement with NYC
New York, NY – The New York Center for Law and Justice (NYCLJ), a legal services organization dedicated to representing the deaf and hard of hearing communities, negotiated individually with the City of New York, as well as jointly with …
Court Apologizes to Deaf Woman Denied Interpreter
A deaf woman who sued the District of Columbia Superior Court claiming she was unlawfully denied an interpreter for grand jury service has received an apology from the chief judge. Michelle Koplitz on Wednesday voluntarily withdrew her lawsuit accusing the …
One of Marvel’s Avengers Turns to Sign Language
The fight for justice can wear on the body. That is something that Clint Barton, the member of Marvel’s Avengers known as the archer Hawkeye, is going to have to learn to cope with. In issue No. 19 of “Hawkeye,” …
University Ordered to Accommodate Deaf Student
YAKIMA, Wash. — A federal judge has ordered Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima to accommodate a deaf student this fall after the man filed a lawsuit claiming the school discriminated against him by withdrawing his acceptance. In …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Reflection
On March 25, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. appeared at the Concord Hotel in the Catskills and spoke before the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement. The conversation between King and the rabbis is remarkable for so many reasons, including …