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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Commentators speculated that this year’s judicial races could break past records for campaign spending. In 2010, with two seats on the ballot, $11 million was spent on TV ads alone, most of which were negative in tone …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The three supreme court justices up for retention in November are, reluctantly, campaigning to keep their seats . An effort known as Restore Justice 2012 has been launched to defeat them, citing “activist” decisions in …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The March 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here . Fri, 03/30/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Update :  Letter from Representative Trent Franks  to the Honorable Mark R. Kravitz and the Honorable David G. Campbell (3/21/2012) In December 2011, Rebecca Love Kourlis testified in a hearing on "The Costs and Burdens …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Professor David Thomson gave a talk on outcomes reform in legal education on March 29, 2012, at a conference sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Law Teaching at Albany Law School. He shared some of his thoughts on …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In an en banc ruling , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit restored provisions of the state code of judicial conduct that bar judges and judicial candidates from personally soliciting or accepting …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director We are pleased to share our 2011 Annual Report , which highlights our work during the past year and also peeks forward into 2012. We are honored to call you a friend, and hope that our work continues to merit that …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Chosen by a vote of his fellow justices, Matthew Durrant was sworn in as chief justice . Durrant replaces Christine Durham, who stepped down after ten years as chief but remains on the court. Wed, 03/28/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Daniels selected attorney Mark Massa to replace the retiring Randall Shepard on the supreme court. The state judicial nominating commission will choose one of the five sitting justices to replace Shepard as …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Having raised $1.2 million and received Mayor Emanuel’s endorsement, Mary Jane Theis defeated her opponents in the Democratic primary by a 2-1 margin. Theis was appointed to fill a supreme court vacancy in 2010 and will …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director On March 14, Senate leaders agreed to move forward with confirmation votes for 14 judicial nominees who had earned unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee.  The deal avoided the need for procedural votes …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Dean Chemerinsky’s most recent law review article on meaningful law school reform discusses clinical/experiential learning, the need for giving feedback to students, and the realities of budget limitations.  “Legal …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director For the first time in history, the senate judiciary committee rejected a supreme court nominee. Governor Christie attributed the 7-6 vote not to confirm his nominee to an attempt by Democrats to appease unions after …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house judiciary committee approved by a 9-6 vote a measure that would constitutionalize the Tennessee Plan for selecting judges. Mon, 03/26/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A district court judge struck down a ballot referendum scheduled for the June primary that called for the election of supreme court justices by district rather than statewide. According to the judge, the measure would …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In anticipation of confirmation hearings for Governor Christie’s two supreme court appointees, public employees unions expressed concern to the senate about the governor’s partisan approach to judicial appointments. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state judicial commission is investigating an ethics complaint against Justice David Prosser, stemming from a physical altercation with another justice. The supreme court will ultimately decide whether sanctions …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The court of appeals ruled that Clear the Bench Colorado is a political committee, rather than an issue committee, and thus is subject to contribution limits of $525 per contributor per election cycle. The group formed …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A state bar task force is considering a variety of judicial election reforms, including creating a response committee to identify false statements made in judicial campaigns, providing a voter guide with information …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house judiciary committee approved a bill establishing a public financing system for state supreme court elections. Mon, 03/26/2012 - …