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At our 2nd Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference, we honored Bill Henderson, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, with our Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Award. Afterward, he delivered a keynote address (video below) focused on the… MORE
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O'Connor Advisory Committee member and former Texas chief justice Wallace Jefferson recently appeared on MSNBC's Craig Melvin show. That segment of the program focused on the findings of the latest New Politics of Judicial Elections report… MORE
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In a recent opinion dissenting from the denial of certiorari in an Alabama death penalty case, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned whether the pressures of partisan judicial elections influence judges' decisions in cases involving… MORE
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The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 48 to change its rules regarding use of the filibuster to block votes on nominees to the lower federal courts and executive branch positions. The filibuster had been used by both parties in the past to require… MORE
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In October, we had a room full of people abuzz with talk about the present state of legal education and its future. These were educators who are already changing the way legal education happens and practitioners who are already engaging the… MORE
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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recently published an article about proposed legislation to change the Pennsylvania judicial selection process. Two state representatives of Pennsylvania have introduced a bill to move the state from a partisan… MORE
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We previously shared Judge Paul W. Grimm's standard Discovery Order, which we recommend to state and federal court judges alike as a model and inspiration to manage the pretrial discovery process so as to reduce the cost and burden of discovery.… MORE
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Jurors have a unique perspective on our legal system. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with someone who served on a jury this fall in California Superior Court. The trial concerned a wrongful termination claim by a former employee against a… MORE
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We are excited to announce that two new law schools have joined the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Consortium: Loyola University Chicago and Georgia State University. Members of the Consortium demonstrate significant institutional commitment to… MORE
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A recent survey in the United Kingdom asked respondents for their opinions on both court and non-court proceedings for divorcing couples. Overall, only 51 percent of those surveyed indicated they would consider non-court alternatives and only one-… MORE