Thiadora Pina

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Professor Thiadora Pina is an accomplished civil litigation attorney and brings her strong communication, customer service, and project management skills to Santa Clara Law as a clinical professor and externship director. These skills… MORE

Jessi Tamayo

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At Miami Law, Jessi Tamayo is a Lecturer in Law teaching courses in Professional Responsibility, the Director of the STREET Law Program, and assists in the planning of scholarly colloquia, symposia, and conferences. Prior to… MORE

Americans Know What They Want in Their State Judges. Can They Agree How to Achieve It?

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What qualities do Americans want in their state judges? Professor Herbert Kritzer, the Marvin J. Sonosky Chair of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota, addresses the question in the Spring 2021 issue of Judicature. In a… MORE

2021 Justice Index Puts Spotlight on States That Pass and Fail Justice Metrics

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In May, the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) at Fordham Law School published the latest iteration of the Justice Index, a national survey of state civil justice policies that provides “a snapshot of the degree to which each U.S.… MORE

Judicial Performance Evaluation around the Country

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< Back to Judicial Performance EvaluationJudicial performance evaluation exists in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as an official program. Not all states with judicial performance evaluation adopt all four… MORE

JPE Working Group

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< Back to Judicial Performance Evaluation IAALS administers a Working Group of JPE program administrators and scholars around the country. The Working Group facilitates sharing of ideas and information, as well as identification of problem… MORE

Evaluating Appellate Judges

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< Back to Judicial Performance Evaluation IAALS has taken a closer look at how best to evaluate appellate judges for two essential reasons. First, appellate JPE programs have largely been patterned after programs for trial judges, though these… MORE

Judicial Nominating Commissions

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< Back to the O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan The judicial nominating commission is the key to commission-based appointment, or “merit selection,” of state court judges. Whenever a vacancy occurs on the bench, judicial nominating commissions… MORE

Gubernatorial Appointment

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< Back to the O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan The sitting Governor is able to exercise his or her preference among the nominees identified and recommended by the Judicial Nominating Commission. That decision may, indeed, have partisan overtones… MORE

Retention Elections

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< Back to the O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan In retention elections, voters have their say about judges. We do not recommend that elections be contested and partisan, but we endorse the opportunity for citizens to make their choice. The… MORE