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The editor of the National Jurist looks back at themes that emerged at the annual Association of American Law Schools meeting and observes:
The level of experimentation and innovation is at its highest level since I began covering the market 20… MORE
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The 2011 Law School Survey of Student Engagement reported that 83 percent of students rated their law school experience as "good" or "excellent." Forty percent "felt their legal education had contributed 'only some or very little to their… MORE
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U.S. Senator and possible 2015 gubernatorial candidate David Vitter urged the state legislature to examine the current process for choosing judges—i.e., partisan elections—and consider moving to merit selection.
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In an article recapping the hearing before a House Judiciary panel on the growing costs of discovery, Eileen Malloy cites Rebecca Love Kourlis' testimony several times, including:
“Civil jury trials have all but vanished,” Kourlis added. The civil… MORE
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Sofia Adrogué, partner at Looper, Reed & McGraw, and Caroline Baker, a state district judge for more than 14 years, predict that e-discovery will continue to loom large in 2012.
With continued reliance on e-discovery forecasted, activity… MORE
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In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for judicial nominees to get an up-or-down vote after 90 days, regardless of whether they could overcome a filibuster.
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After a standoff over judicial appointments brought senate business to a halt, lieutenant governor and 2013 gubernatorial candidate Bill Bolling called for the creation of a bipartisan judicial selection commission. (Virginia is one of two states… MORE
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Justice Michael Gableman rejected requests that he recuse himself from three cases involving a law firm that defended him for free against an ethics violation charge. Gableman noted that justices should recuse themselves only when they believe… MORE
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The latest edition of Rule One Review is now available. Rule One Review is a quarterly newsletter that shares information about pilot projects and other civil rules projects being monitored by the Rule One Initiative. Sign up for Rule One Review and… MORE
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A proposal to amend the constitution to establish merit selection and retention for appellate judges and justices met with support and opposition from both Republicans and Democrats in the legislature. The proposal would make constitutional a… MORE