Search

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The proposed 2012 platform of the Iowa Republican Party calls for state legislators to impeach judges who recognize a right to same-sex marriage and supports eliminating the role of the state judicial nominating …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director After the governor failed to make a judicial appointment within the 30 day limit , the judicial selection commission made the appointment from its list of well-qualified nominees. The governor had selected the same …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Invoking what is known as the “Thurmond Rule,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that no votes would be allowed on nominees to the federal courts of appeals until after the November election. Nominees to …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Mark Nadeau regularly teaches oral advocacy and trial tactics and is a leading commentator on international dispute resolution. As a member of the  Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers   Advisory Committee , he …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis, a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School (BA '73, JD '76), was recently profiled in the Stanford Lawyer . The article takes a look at her career, including …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The  Summer 2012 edition  of Transparent Courthouse® Quarterly is now available. Transparent Courthouse® Quarterly is a quarterly newsletter reporting highlights from all IAALS initiatives.  Sign up  for Transparent …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director As part of the Atlantic's "America the Fixable" series, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis laid out the challenges currently facing the civil justice system—and a five-step plan to address them. Mon, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial selection commission sponsored by Senators Inouye and Akaka submitted to the senators a list of three candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The vacancy is …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state bar association gave a supreme court candidate a “not recommended” rating for the first time since 1998, indicating that less than sixty percent of bar members gave her a favorable evaluation. Three supreme …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The appellate judicial commission invited applications for the supreme court vacancy to be created by Judge Ray Price’s October retirement. In announcing his plans to retire, Judge Price expressed his support for the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Scott asked a state law enforcement agency to decide if an investigation is warranted into whether the three justices standing for retention in November violated state law by seeking assistance from court staff …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A November ballot measure known as Proposition 115 would make two fairly substantial changes to the judicial nominating process , by requiring the commission to submit eight names (rather than at least three) to the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director On September 20th and 21st in Denver, IAALS will host our Third Civil Justice Reform Summit. IAALS was responsible in 2007 for convening a number of prominent and committed leaders from across the country who recognized …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Although Chief Justice Castille requested in early May that Governor Corbett hold off making any judicial appointments until 2013 for budget reasons, Corbett announced six nominees for county and municipal court …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director June 22nd and 23rd are just around the corner and IAALS is excited to host two days of summits on electronic discovery. The Friday June 22nd session, co-sponsored by DISH Network L.L.C., is a “Best in Class” E-Discovery …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In the coming weeks, we will release two major publications. The first is Cornerstones of State Judicial Selection: Laying the Foundation for Quality Court Systems and Judges . This report begins by describing desired …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In Michigan, where three of the seven seats on the state supreme court are on the ballot in November, there is much attention focused on its Judicial Selection Task Force's recent recommendations . IAALS Executive …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In May, IAALS hosted the Udall-Bennet Federal Judicial Screening Committee , which was charged with interviewing applicants for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In the sole supreme court race this fall, both the incumbent and the challenger have qualified for public financing, but a super PAC known as N.C. Judicial Coalition has formed to support the incumbent . The election …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In the wake of a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the matching funds provision in Arizona’s public financing system, the secretary of state declined to enforce a similar provision in New Mexico’s …