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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director As a result of a split vote on the issue by the supreme court, Justice Michael Gableman will not be required to recuse himself from cases involving a law firm that provided him with free legal representation in an …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Two supreme court justices are disputing which of them has seniority and should replace Chief Justice Kitty Kimball when she steps down next year. Justice Bernette Johnson was serving on an intermediate appellate court …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In What America Can Learn From Germany’s Justice System , James Maxeiner urges us to compare America’s civil justice system to its German counterpart for examples of how the civil justice system can be …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Christie nominated a sitting superior court judge , and former federal and state prosecutor, to the supreme court. In recent months, two Christie nominees have been rejected by the senate judiciary committee. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Though plaintiff attorneys and their firms typically back Democratic judicial candidates, Republican chief justice candidate Roy Moore has received $55,000 from these groups . The supreme court is composed of nine …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The July 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here . Tue, 07/03/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The June 2012 edition of the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Tue, 07/03/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A group known as Defend Justice from Politics formed to support the three justices up for retention in November. Mon, 07/02/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director   The ABA Journal discusses the impact of Big Law's preference for graduates from Ivy League and other “elite” law schools. The article notes that such “near obsession with pedigree . . . is damaging to the entire …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Citing the “Rule of Necessity” and the fact that he did not witness one of the events that gave rise to the case, Justice Patrick Crooks declined to recuse himself from the discipline case involving Justice David …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state election commission voted to postpone consideration of whether the “rescue funds” provision of the public financing pilot program for supreme court candidates survived a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision that …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Democratic Party committee chose a state senator to run against Justice Terrence O’Donnell in November, following the previous candidate’s withdrawal from the race in April due to lack of campaign funds . Thu, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial council forwarded to Governor Parnell the names of two potential appointees for the supreme court vacancy created by Justice Morgan Christen’s move to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The lone Democrat on the supreme court defended her colleagues against attacks from her Republican challenger. Justice Yvette McGee Brown rejected the claim that the justice legislate from the bench and described …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program has released its Final Report on Phase Two, May 2010 to May 2012 . The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program originated in the U.S. District Court for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The newly-formed Oklahoma Civil Justice Council is developing a judicial rating system that will rate court of civil appeals and supreme court judges on a scale of zero to 100, on the basis of their support for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The American Bar Association (ABA) weighed in on the federal judicial nominations that are languishing in the U.S. Senate. On June 20, ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III sent a letter on behalf of the ABA to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial selection commission sponsored by Senators Inouye and Akaka submitted to the senators a list of three candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The vacancy is …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Abercrombie appointed Circuit Court Judge Richard Pollack to the supreme court . Pollack was one of five nominees submitted by the judicial selection commission. This was Governor Abercrombie’s second …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Professor Michael Madison’s ( view his course portfolio here ) “ goal is to inspire students to learn, and to have the confidence to learn , long after they have left [his] classroom.” He adopts a “writing to learn” …