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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house of representatives approved a measure that would expand the governor’s power over the state’s judicial nominating commissions. The governor appoints the nine members of each commission, with the bar making …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission reported an increase in judicial applicants from 2010 to 2011, including an upswing in the number of applicants from larger law firms. The commission's chair …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A new site devoted to procedural fairness in the courts was recently launched by Judge Kevin Burke , District Judge in the Hennepin County (Minn.) District Court; Judge Steve Leben, Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals; the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial nominating commission conducted final interviews of applicants for the supreme court vacancy created by Chief Justice Randall Shepard’s retirement. Three of the finalists are women, and Indiana is one of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state judicial nominating commission submitted the names of two men and one woman to the governor for the vacancy created by Chief Justice Randall Shepard's March retirement. The governor has 60 days to appoint one …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In November 2011, Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action were approved by the Civil Rules Advisory Committee for implementation in pilot projects across the nation. The Protocols were …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Three justices are on the ballot in November, and their retention is expected to be hotly contested. One group that has mounted an anti-retention campaign is Restore Justice 2012, whose website lays out the justices’ …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The February 2012 edition of the  Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers   newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Thu, 02/16/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director From February 6 to February 8, the Legal Ethics Forum held an online symposium about "the implications of economic pressures on the way we teach our students," which included posts from 22 contributors. Click here to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house of representatives approved a plan that will, over time, eliminate 36 judgeships and cut $5.7 million from the state’s annual budget. The chief justice characterized the plan as “unprecedented” and “the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director New York's Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has created a task force to identify ways to "better control dockets, manage case flow and make more effective use of non-judicial personnel and alternative dispute resolution …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Christie criticized the Democratic-led senate for not yet having scheduled confirmation hearings for the supreme court nominees he named in late January. According to a judiciary committee member, they are …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Of the four candidates vying for a supreme court seat in the March Democratic primary, the incumbent and her appellate court challenger received the highest marks from Chicago-area bar associations that rate judges. The …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Stanford Law School, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers consortium school, today announced the completion of the first phase of comprehensive reforms to its legal curriculum that began in November 2006—successfully …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In its recent litigation issue, LawWeek Colorado followed up with Gordon “Skip” Netzorg and Rebecca Love Kourlis on the first few weeks of Colorado's new Civil Access Pilot Project . At the request of the Colorado …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director At Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, we highlight the work of professors , the needs of the profession and, increasingly, the experiences of the law students who take law classes that rise to the Carnegie model . In the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Democratic legislator's resolution to remove Justice Michael Gableman from the court for alleged violation of state law and the code of judicial conduct has received little support, attracting only four co-sponsors. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Though they have been proponents of electing judges in the past, two justices are calling for moving to some form of merit selection for the state's supreme court. Justices Crooks and Bradley cited concerns about the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A divided supreme court altered its rules to allow chief justices to serve successive two-year terms, and up to eight years, and to be selected on criteria in addition to seniority. The revisions are based on the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director According to the National Center for State Courts , 42 states cut judicial funding last year. The cash-strapped system is the focus of the ABA Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System and a variety of supporters …