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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 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Gregoire encouraged trial court applicants and candidates for reelection to submit themselves to being rated by minority bar associations. In making judicial appointments, the governor consults minority bar …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A judge under indictment for soliciting a bribe from a judicial applicant (among other charges) resigned from the bench to avoid disciplinary proceedings regarding offensive comments he made about gay people. Wed, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The House of Delegates gathering at the American Bar Association's Midyear Meeting in New Orleans covered court funding, civics education, attacks on judges who make unpopular decisions, and other challenges in the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The February 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here . Tue, 02/07/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Though he believes he has enough votes to move the proposal out of committee, a Republican legislator agreed to postpone until the end of the session consideration of his bill calling for popular election of all judges. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article provides an overview of the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program , which IAALS tracks as part of its Rule One Initiative , and discusses the program's potential to have an impact beyond the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Task Force appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to recommend rules to promote “the prompt, efficient, and cost-effective resolution of civil actions” in response to H.B. 274 was unable to come to an agreement about …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director U.S. Senator and possible 2015 gubernatorial candidate David Vitter urged the state legislature to examine the current process for choosing judges—i.e., partisan elections—and consider moving to merit selection. Mon, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In an article recapping the hearing before a House Judiciary panel on the growing costs of discovery, Eileen Malloy cites Rebecca Love Kourlis' testimony several times, including: “Civil jury trials have all but …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Sofia Adrogué, partner at Looper, Reed & McGraw, and Caroline Baker, a state district judge for more than 14 years, predict that e-discovery will continue to loom large in 2012.  With continued reliance on e-discovery …