Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation All 18 judges up for retention in Pima County Superior Court received generally high scores by the Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance, with most scoring higher than 85 percent in all …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A circuit court judge rejected a challenge to the ballot summary for a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the governor to name an additional member of the commission that nominates …
Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The Florida Supreme Court has recently amended its Rules of Civil Procedure to address the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). These amendments became effective September 1, 2012. While the amendments …
Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Advisory Committee member, Justice Christine Durham , has been selected by the American Judicature Society to receive the Eighth Annual Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence . This …
Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern LawMeets, a website that provides law students with free transactional simulations, is now offering free transactional law courses which can be used by individual students or incorporated into law school classes. These …
Zachary Willis Director of Communications The cast of "West Wing" has reunited to film two short web videos, urging voters to participate in nonpartisan state supreme court elections. One video specifically plugs Michigan Supreme Court candidate Bridget …
Zachary Willis Director of Communications In Check One and the Accountability Is Done: The Harmful Impact of Straight-Ticket Voting on Judicial Elections , Meryl Chertoff and Dustin F. Robinson argue that straight-ticket voting plays a pernicious role …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announces the release of Another Voice: Financial Experts on Reducing Client Costs in Civil Litigation , a new report …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A group known as The Do Good Dads Against Unjust Judges is challenging the retention of three local judges. The group takes issue with the judges’ rulings in cases involving child custody, adoptions, …
Zachary Willis Director of Communications Writing in the Des Moines Register , Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins expressed admiration for the work of the Court, gratitude for his tenure on the bench, and the desire to prevent political campaigns …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission has published its evaluation reports and recommendations online . The Commission was created by statute in 2008 and undertook midterm evaluations …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The U.S. Senate voted to approve, by an 89-1 vote, Stephanie Rose as a U.S. district court judge. To date, President Obama has appointed 72 women to the federal bench, which is the most ever …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The establishment of a PAC for a supreme court race may undermine the public financing program and reintroduce partisanship in judicial races, according to the court of appeals judge who is …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to a statewide poll, 47 percent of voters favor retaining the four justices standing for retention in November, while 24 percent oppose their retention and 25 percent are undecided. Poll …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s merit selection system . Opponents of the process argued that …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The founders of Justice Not Politics, a 501(c)(4) organization formed to defend three justices against retention challenges in 2010, have established a 527 organization called Justice Not Politics …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative From three finalists named by the judicial nominating commission, Governor Daniels appointed county court judge Loretta Rush to the supreme court. This appointment leaves only two states (Idaho and …
Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In a recent press release , The Justice at Stake Campaign (JAS) suggests changing spending patterns may indicate a new phase of judicial election spending. JAS reports campaign spending is expected to fall in states …
Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Chief Judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia warns that the federal judiciary will be at risk if Congress cannot reach a budget deal to prevent the implementation of $600 …
Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In a recent editorial, The New York Times argues the current judicial selection method of electing high state court judges makes the judiciary more susceptible to influence by campaign donors. Because a sizable percentage …
