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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Democratic legislator circulated a resolution calling for the removal of supreme court justice Michael Gableman, for presiding over cases involving a law firm that provided him with free legal services. The …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A house subcommittee approved a bill that would allow the governor to replace the five members of the judicial nominating commission who are appointed by the governor without bar association input. (Currently, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A circuit court judge announced her intention to challenge a court of appeals judge in the Republican primary for the open supreme court seat created by Justice Tom Woodall’s retirement. In announcing her candidacy, she …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The approved Pilot Project Regarding Case Management Techniques for Complex Civil Cases took effect in the Southern District of New York on November 1, 2011, and will be in place for an eighteen-month trial period. This …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The editor of the National Jurist looks back at themes that emerged at the annual Association of American Law Schools meeting and observes: The level of experimentation and innovation is at its highest level since I …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The 2011 Law School Survey of Student Engagement reported that 83 percent of students rated their law school experience as "good" or "excellent." Forty percent "felt their legal education had contributed 'only some or …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The supreme court amended the code of judicial conduct to bar elected judges from hearing cases when a litigant, lawyer, or law firm involved in the case “has made contributions or given such support to the judge’s …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Perdue appointed eighteen members—both lawyers and non-lawyers—to the judicial nominating commission she created by executive order in April 2011. The commission will screen and recommend candidates for interim …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state bar association released attorney evaluations for trial judges up for reelection in 2012. It marks the first time since 1980 that judges statewide have been evaluated. The bar, which undertook the project to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Las Vegas Review-Journal released its annual report on attorney ratings of supreme court justices and trial judges in Clark County. Reelection support for individual supreme court justices ranged from 56% to 83%. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In upholding the state’s ban on direct corporate contributions to political candidates and parties, the supreme court noted that judicial elections are particularly vulnerable to anonymous spending by large …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In 2011, fourteen bills were introduced in seven states to remove judges from office. All but two of the impeachment efforts were motivated by disagreement with judicial decisions. Wed, 01/11/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Only one Democrat is vying for a seat on the state’s appellate courts in 2012. The state’s Democratic Party chairman attributed this to the high cost and contentiousness of judicial elections in Alabama. Three …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Supreme court justice Joan Orie Melvin was named as a target of a grand jury investigation into potential improper use of judicial and legislative staff for her election campaigns. Tue, 01/10/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In discussing his plan to challenge a supreme court-ordered formula for state education funding, Governor Christie pledged to nominate two new supreme court justices this spring who would not “grossly” overstep their …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In its celebration of 2011 "Lawyers of the Year,"  LawWeek Colorado named Denver District Court Judge Ann Frick and Sherman & Howard lawyer Skip Netzorg for their roles in creating the rules for the Civil Access Pilot …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This week, Bob Dorigo Jones, a senior fellow of Center for America , called Rebuilding Justice  a "must-read" and discussed it in his "Let's Be Fair" weekly radio program . Audio available here . Tue, 01/10/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Two Democratic legislators sponsored a bill to establish public financing for supreme court elections. Mon, 01/09/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 2011 was a banner year. Working with partners and stakeholders around the country last year, we made significant advances on several key projects. We launched a new initiative, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers , in a year …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director At the 2012 AALS Annual Meeting, former New York Law School Dean Richard Matasar urged a group of legal educators to prepare to change: "We know there are storm clouds on the horizon," Matasar said, as he ruminated …