by Daniel Padilla | Feb 22, 2018 | News
On January 29, 2018, during its Midyear meeting in Henderson, Nevada, the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) adopted an official resolution in support of American Judicature Society and the upcoming 2020 National Convention. The Resolution states NOW, THEREFORE, BE...
by Daniel Padilla | Oct 28, 2017 | Judicial Diversity
On August 7, 2017, the American Bar Association Judicial Division and the Brennan Center for Justice released a new manual that provides guidance on how courts can increase diversity among federal magistrate and bankruptcy judges. Authored by Kate Berry (with forward...
by Daniel Padilla | Oct 27, 2017 | Independence
The Autumn 2017 issue of Judicature, published by the Duke Law Center for Judicial studies, includes a timely article entitled “The State of the Judiciary.” In the article, a panel of Duke law faculty and alumni judges, joined by Duke Law School Dean...
by Daniel Padilla | Oct 27, 2017 | Judicial Ethics
In July 2017, Cynthia Gray, Director of the NCSC Center for Judicial Ethics updated the research resource entitled “Social Media and Judicial Ethics.” The resource contains the following information : Citations to judicial ethics advisory opinions on...
by Daniel Padilla | Oct 27, 2017 | Judicial Selection
On September 29, 2017, Douglas Keith and Laila Robbins of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, released a research paper entitled “Legislative Appointments for Judges: Lessons from South Carolina, Virginia, and Rhode...
by Daniel Padilla | Oct 15, 2017 | Education
On October 12, 2017, AJS hosted a “Meet and Greet” with a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at the offices of Carlsmith Ball LLP. The honored guests were Judge Mary M. Schroder, Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, Judge M....
