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Thomas A. Balmer has served as Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court since May 1, 2012, and as a member of that court since 2001. Prior to his appointment, he was in private practice in Portland from 1982-93 and 1997-2001,… MORE
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Laila is a Research and Program Associate in the Democracy Program, where she focuses on issues pertaining to fair and impartial courts. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Laila interned at Brooklyn Defender Services, where she… MORE
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Douglas is Counsel at the Brennan Center, working primarily in the Democracy Program. Prior to the Brennan Center, he served as a Ford Foundation Public Interest Law Fellow at Advancement Project, a Research Fellow with the International Institute… MORE
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Nicolle Schippers is the Associate General Counsel and Legal Industry Advocate at ARAG. Nicolle received her Bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University, and attended Drake University Law School… MORE
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Diane M. Johnsen is a Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. She was appointed to the court in August 2006 by Governor Janet Napolitano.
Previously, she was a commercial litigation attorney at Munger,… MORE
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Matthew Menendez serves as counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where his work focuses on fair and impartial courts. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, he was a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP… MORE
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Sue Bell Cobb is the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, the first woman to hold that office in Alabama's history. Chief Justice Cobb served in that position from 2007 until her resignation in August 2011. Previously,… MORE
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Last week, thousands of eager candidates for state bar admission once again gathered across the country to sit for the bar exam. Echoes of the not-yet-over COVID-19 pandemic remain, with more than half of states administering the exam remotely. But… MORE
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Throughout the past 18 months, the pandemic has been a shared experience across our state, our country, and our world, yet everyone has experienced it uniquely. The same is true of our courts, which have taken different paths to the same goal:… MORE
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On September 9, as part of our Paths to Justice Summit Series, IAALS hosted "Learning from this Nationwide Pilot Project—Reducing the Costs and Delay of Civil Litigation," the first of two webinars on the paths of the pandemic.
The… MORE