Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Law Week Colorado recently interviewed Rebecca Love Kourlis about Rebuilding Justice . The full transcript is now available . Thu, 10/27/2011 - …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director “The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2009-10,” by the Justice at Stake Campaign, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and the National Institute on Money in State Politics, is released as the …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Texas Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson was recently interviewed by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Chief Justice Jefferson is a member of the Advisory Committee for our O'Connor Judicial Selection Project. Wed, …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A new clinic for victims of domestic violence at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law will be named the Ruth V. McGregor Family Protection Clinic in honor of retired Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth V. …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Judge and IAALS board member Kevin Burke ruffled some feathers with the Newt Gingrich campaign after questioning his recent attacks on the judiciary. Here, he responds to Gingrich's point-by-point rebuttal. Click here …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The supreme court nominating commission sent three names to Governor Hickenlooper for the vacancy created by Justice Martinez’ resignation. The nominees include a Democrat, a Republican, and an unaffiliated voter, but …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor's one-minute video on the supreme court's website urging a “yes” vote on Issue 1 in the November election met with some criticism. Issue 1 would raise the retirement age for state judges …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A state senator proposed a constitutional amendment to alter the way the members of the state’s three appellate courts are selected. The proposal calls for a modified federal selection process, where judges are …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Minority groups called for the governor, who will make two supreme court nominations in March, to make the state supreme court more diverse. No justices of color currently serve on the court. Click here to read the …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Christie publicly criticized a state trial court judge who ruled that requiring increased contributions to judicial pension plans is an indirect reduction in judges’ pay and in violation of the state …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Nixon selected George Draper III from three nominees submitted to him by the appellate judicial commission to fill a vacancy on the supreme court. Draper will be the second African-American to serve on the …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Following Gingrich’s lead, other Republican presidential candidates chimed in with charges of judicial activism and proposals to limit the federal judiciary. Click here to read the article. Tue, 10/25/2011 - …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Two new laws will require more online information about judges standing for retention in 2012. Under this legislation, the commission on judicial performance review will post a listing of cases in which judges ruled on …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In an address devoted to the importance of pro bono to the legal profession and to the society it serves, ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III stressed the importance of an independent judiciary and legal …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Economist and Brookings Senior Fellow Clifford Winston has co-authored a new book that has created conversation around its premise, which is evident in its title: First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers . In …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Two law professors suggest that preparing students for their first couple years fo practice is hardly enough--law schools must strive to prepare students for "for a lifetime of successful, ethical, and personally …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS board member Russell Wheeler was interviewed for this article, which focused on a federal judicial selection process in which President Obama has been slow to nominate and the Senate has been slow to confirm …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The New York times reviews the legal profession's failure to put women in leadership and judicial positions in the thirty years since Sandra Day O'Connor heard her first Supreme Court case. While three women are on the …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Final Report by IAALS and ACTL was cited in Lee v. Max International, LLC , a Tenth Circuit decision written by Judge Neil Gorsuch. Click here to read the article. Fri, 10/21/2011 - …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Final Report by IAALS and ACTL was cited in this article , which discusses the implications technology may have on document review. Over the past 10 years, courts and commentators have struggled with this issue. …
