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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director According to data compiled from The American Bench , women hold 27.5 percent of state judgeships in 2012—a slight increase from 26.8 percent in 2011. At the same time, the percentage of women on the federal bench …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A former Democratic Party chairman filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the distribution of matching funds under the pilot public financing program to a Republican supreme court candidate. Candidate Allen Loughry, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director From a pool of 22 applicants, the judicial nominating commission identified ten semi-finalists for a supreme court vacancy , including six women and four men. The commission will narrow the list to three finalists in …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Fourteen attorneys, including six court of appeals judges, applied to fill the vacancy created by Justice Andrew Hurwitz’s move to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Only four of the fourteen applicants …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state supreme court denied Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s request to intervene in her criminal case and have it heard by an out-of-county judge. Justice Melvin, who is charged with using court staff to assist in her …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In addition to the court of appeals vacancy for which the commission on judicial nomination is currently accepting applications, there are several upcoming vacancies on the seven-member court . Two justices will reach …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A thirteen-member judicial commission overturned a lower disciplinary panel that issued a cease-and-desist order against a Democratic supreme court candidate and former court of appeals judge, who identified himself as …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The three justices who are standing for retention in November have raised nearly $1 million for their campaigns . The bulk of these contributions have come from lawyers and law firms. The justices are prohibited from …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Groups formed to support and oppose the retention of three supreme court justices are expected to run television spots and newspaper ads as the November election nears. “Restore Justice 2012” is targeting the justices …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Supporters of a ballot measure that would alter the composition of the appellate nominating commission filed a lawsuit asking a judge to rewrite the official summary that will appear on the November ballot. The lawsuit …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Incumbent Justice David Medina was defeated in the July 31 runoff for the Republican spot on the November ballot by challenger John Devine, a former trial court judge who has run for six political offices since 1994. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Martinez asked the judicial nominating commission to submit more names for a trial court vacancy , after the commission forwarded the name of one of only two applicants. The nominating commission reopened the …

Stephen Daniels Previously, we have drawn from the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers  (ETL) survey to describe the 23 ETL Consortium schools, explore the kinds of curricular innovations currently in place, and look at their support for faculty engagement in …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Daniel Girard, founder and managing partner of a San Francisco- and New York-based litigation firm and a member of the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Advisory Committee, recently sat down with ETL to discuss his …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 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 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The National Center for State Courts has released Future Trends in State Courts 2012: Special Focus on Courts and Community , including an article by  Judge Kevin S. Burke  (a member of our Advisory Board) on …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Three Democratic senators asked Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to investigate allegations that a Republican legislator pressured superior court judges regarding a judicial nomination. According to the senators, the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Supporters of a ballot measure that would alter the composition of the nominating commission for appellate court vacancies are unhappy with the issue summary prepared by the secretary of state’s office and plan to file …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Sixteen of the 22 applicants for a supreme court vacancy are women . Indiana is one of three states without a woman on its high court. This will be Governor Daniels’ third appointment to the five-member court. Tue, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A state prosecutor announced that no charges would be filed against the three justices standing for retention in November. Governor Scott asked the state law enforcement agency to investigate whether the justices had …