Kings County Inn of Court: Not just a fancy hotel for lawyers
The Kings County Nathan R. Sobel American Inn of Court meets roughly 10 times a year to promote collegiality and ethics among young lawyers based on a nearly 800-year-old British tradition that started when legal groups literally met in an inn.
“In Great Britain, they are a cross between this place (the Brooklyn Bar Association) and Hogwarts,” said Jeffrey Feldman, the executive director of Brooklyn’s Inn. “That’s really what it’s like. Lots of tables and a long hall.”
It was about 15 years ago when Justices Marsha Steinhardt, Abraham Gerges and Edward Rappaport got together and decided that Brooklyn needed an Inn. One of the problems, they thought, was that law schools weren’t doing enough to give young lawyers practical knowledge they needed for the courtroom.