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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Branstad recently made thirty appointments to the state’s district judicial nominating commissions. Many of them oppose the merit selection process, and at least one of them was active in the campaign to defeat …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The last election for supreme court chief justice, in 2006, was the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history in terms of fundraising, but the three Republicans candidates for the seat in 2012 are setting records so …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Democratic lawmaker proposed a public financing system for supreme court elections, pointing to concerns about justices appearing to be influenced by campaign contributors. Sun, 02/26/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house of representatives approved a measure that would expand the governor’s power over the state’s judicial nominating commissions. The governor appoints the nine members of each commission, with the bar making …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission reported an increase in judicial applicants from 2010 to 2011, including an upswing in the number of applicants from larger law firms. The commission's chair …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A new site devoted to procedural fairness in the courts was recently launched by Judge Kevin Burke , District Judge in the Hennepin County (Minn.) District Court; Judge Steve Leben, Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals; the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial nominating commission conducted final interviews of applicants for the supreme court vacancy created by Chief Justice Randall Shepard’s retirement. Three of the finalists are women, and Indiana is one of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state judicial nominating commission submitted the names of two men and one woman to the governor for the vacancy created by Chief Justice Randall Shepard's March retirement. The governor has 60 days to appoint one …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In November 2011, Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action were approved by the Civil Rules Advisory Committee for implementation in pilot projects across the nation. The Protocols were …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Three justices are on the ballot in November, and their retention is expected to be hotly contested. One group that has mounted an anti-retention campaign is Restore Justice 2012, whose website lays out the justices’ …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The February 2012 edition of the  Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers   newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Thu, 02/16/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director From February 6 to February 8, the Legal Ethics Forum held an online symposium about "the implications of economic pressures on the way we teach our students," which included posts from 22 contributors. Click here to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house of representatives approved a plan that will, over time, eliminate 36 judgeships and cut $5.7 million from the state’s annual budget. The chief justice characterized the plan as “unprecedented” and “the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director New York's Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has created a task force to identify ways to "better control dockets, manage case flow and make more effective use of non-judicial personnel and alternative dispute resolution …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Christie criticized the Democratic-led senate for not yet having scheduled confirmation hearings for the supreme court nominees he named in late January. According to a judiciary committee member, they are …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Of the four candidates vying for a supreme court seat in the March Democratic primary, the incumbent and her appellate court challenger received the highest marks from Chicago-area bar associations that rate judges. The …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Stanford Law School, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers consortium school, today announced the completion of the first phase of comprehensive reforms to its legal curriculum that began in November 2006—successfully …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In its recent litigation issue, LawWeek Colorado followed up with Gordon “Skip” Netzorg and Rebecca Love Kourlis on the first few weeks of Colorado's new Civil Access Pilot Project . At the request of the Colorado …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director At Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, we highlight the work of professors , the needs of the profession and, increasingly, the experiences of the law students who take law classes that rise to the Carnegie model . In the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Democratic legislator's resolution to remove Justice Michael Gableman from the court for alleged violation of state law and the code of judicial conduct has received little support, attracting only four co-sponsors. …