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New York Law Journal

Judicial Candidates Sought in the Bronx

By | April 20, 2016
The Bronx Democratic County Committee's Independent Judicial Screening Committee is accepting applications for Civil Court judges and state Supreme Court justices for the 2016 election cycle.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

JQC: Miami-Dade Judge Schwartz Was Drunk on Bench

County Court Judge Jacqueline Schwartz is charged with being intoxicated in court and starting a drunken altercation in a Miami restaurant.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-134

By | April 20, 2016
A full-time principal law clerk who is a part-time SCAR hearing officer (1) may not run for or serve as a delegate to a political party's judicial nominating convention; (2) may apply for and become a notary public; and (3) may not circulate nominating petitions except during his/her window period as a candidate for election to judicial office, and then only if his/her own name is on the petition.
13 minute read

Law.com

Accused of Being Drunk on Bench, Miami-Dade Judge Suspended With Pay

Miami-Dade County Court Judge Jacqueline Schwartz is charged with being intoxicated in court and starting a drunken altercation in a Miami restaurant.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-115

By | April 20, 2016
A town judge may permit a court clerk, who was previously employed as the local police chief's confidential secretary, to meet with the police department and town administration and explain notes the court clerk made during his/her prior employment.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-120

By | April 20, 2016
A judge may not join in an advertising campaign intended to lobby political support and funding for union contract renewals for his/her alma mater.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Roberts Uses Sign Language to Welcome Deaf Lawyers to Supreme Court Bar

In a historic gesture, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. used American Sign Language from the bench Tuesday to welcome 12 deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers as new members of the U.S. Supreme Court bar.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Christie Nominates Four to Superior Court, Four for Tenure

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on April 18 nominated four attorneys to the state Superior Court and four sitting judges for tenure.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hail to the Chiefs

By | April 19, 2016
The Federal Bar Association held a "Passing the Torch" ceremony on Friday as new chief judges prepare to take office in the Southern and Eastern Districts.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Recusals Leave Only Two Justices to Hear Dougherty's Appeal

While labor union leader John Dougherty won his bid to have the Pennsylvania Supreme Court revive an appeal in his ­defamation suit against a former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist, recusals have left only two justices available to hear the case and have left all parties at odds over how to fill the empty slots.
14 minute read

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