Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Chosen by a vote of his fellow justices, Matthew Durrant was sworn in as chief justice . Durrant replaces Christine Durham, who stepped down after ten years as chief but remains on the court. Wed, 03/28/2012 - …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Daniels selected attorney Mark Massa to replace the retiring Randall Shepard on the supreme court. The state judicial nominating commission will choose one of the five sitting justices to replace Shepard as …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Having raised $1.2 million and received Mayor Emanuel’s endorsement, Mary Jane Theis defeated her opponents in the Democratic primary by a 2-1 margin. Theis was appointed to fill a supreme court vacancy in 2010 and will …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director On March 14, Senate leaders agreed to move forward with confirmation votes for 14 judicial nominees who had earned unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The deal avoided the need for procedural votes …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Dean Chemerinsky’s most recent law review article on meaningful law school reform discusses clinical/experiential learning, the need for giving feedback to students, and the realities of budget limitations. “Legal …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director For the first time in history, the senate judiciary committee rejected a supreme court nominee. Governor Christie attributed the 7-6 vote not to confirm his nominee to an attempt by Democrats to appease unions after …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house judiciary committee approved by a 9-6 vote a measure that would constitutionalize the Tennessee Plan for selecting judges. Mon, 03/26/2012 - …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A district court judge struck down a ballot referendum scheduled for the June primary that called for the election of supreme court justices by district rather than statewide. According to the judge, the measure would …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In anticipation of confirmation hearings for Governor Christie’s two supreme court appointees, public employees unions expressed concern to the senate about the governor’s partisan approach to judicial appointments. …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state judicial commission is investigating an ethics complaint against Justice David Prosser, stemming from a physical altercation with another justice. The supreme court will ultimately decide whether sanctions …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The court of appeals ruled that Clear the Bench Colorado is a political committee, rather than an issue committee, and thus is subject to contribution limits of $525 per contributor per election cycle. The group formed …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A state bar task force is considering a variety of judicial election reforms, including creating a response committee to identify false statements made in judicial campaigns, providing a voter guide with information …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house judiciary committee approved a bill establishing a public financing system for state supreme court elections. Mon, 03/26/2012 - …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Scott Fruehwald revisits the "Langdellian Bargain" and how five Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers consortium schools are pushing the limits of that model. Some of the innovative programs he identifies are the Leadership, …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Voters challenged a June 2012 ballot referendum calling for supreme court justices to be elected by district rather than statewide. The attorney for those challenging the measure asserts that the measure adds a …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director At their state convention, Democrats endorsed three women for supreme court seats. One race is for an open seat, and Republican incumbents are standing for reelection in the other two. Party candidates will be …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Thanks to a federal court ruling, abortion has become a major issue in the Democratic supreme court primary contest. The court ruled that pro-choice Personal PAC has a First Amendment right to create super PACs. In the …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Former chief justice Roy Moore won a three-way Republican primary race for the chief justice spot and will run against the Democratic nominee in November. Moore was removed from the supreme court in 2003 for defying a …
Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The March 2012 edition of the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Thu, 03/15/2012 - …
Allison Small Allison Small is a third year law student at Hofstra Law who took Family Law with Skills as a second year law student. She is now a teaching assistant for the course. Her professional field of interest is child and family studies. …
