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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. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Three federal judge vacancies in Atlanta, which have been declared "emergencies," face continued delays due to partisan gridlock. Larry Thompson , an Advisory Committee member for the O'Connor Judicial Selection …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Presidential Newt Gingrich brought national focus to an issue state courts were already facing: legislators and politicians around the country are taking aim at the third branch of government. Click here to read the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director There may be as many as 175 judicial elections—both contested and retention—on the 2012 general election ballot. Two of these races are at the supreme court level, with one justice expected to stand for retention and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Intervention in judicial campaigns by special interest groups was an issue in a debate between two superior court candidates. One candidate was prepared to renounce all such activity by third-party groups, while the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Early this month, Rebecca Love Kourlis sat down with LawWeek reporter Matt Masich to discuss the purpose of her new book, Rebuilding Justice , and the current state of civil courts in the United States. Fri, 10/21/2011 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning and North Carolina Central School of Law are co-hosting a conference on March 3, 2012 , which will focus on the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in and out …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director As Gavel Grab reports , the United States Senate is not only at odds over the federal judicial nominees--it's also at odds over whether the delay in appointments is unreasonable. Thu, 10/20/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Judge Kevin Burke holds Newt Gingrich's claim that "President Thomas Jefferson abolished over half the federal judgeships" to historical scrutiny. Click here to read the article. Thu, 10/20/2011 - …