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1. Rebuilding Justice on Huffington Post

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   Rebecca Love Kourlis shared the themes of Rebuilding Justice, including challenges and solutions to the problems facing our civil justice system, with Huffington Post readers.

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2. Indiana Chief Justice To Step Down

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   Randall Shepard, currently the longest-serving state chief justice, announced his intention to retire as of March 2012. The judicial nominating commission will screen applicants to fill the supreme court vacancy and send three names to Governor Daniels. The commission will also select the next chief justice.

3. October is banner month for judge confirmations

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   October was a record-setting month for Senate confirmation of federal judicial nominees. The fifteen confirmed judges included two appellate court and thirteen district court nominees. Approximately eighty-five federal court vacancies remain.

4. Budget cuts are slowing down U.S. courts

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   State courts, which carry millions of cases per year across the country, are increasingly being targeted by state legislatures looking to make cuts.

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5. Illinois task force offers public financing options

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   A campaign finance reform task force recommended public financing for judicial elections. The state first enacted limits on contributions to judicial and other candidates in 2009.

6. July 2012: Selection Snapshots Newsletter

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   The July 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here.

7. February 2012: Selection Snapshots Newsletter

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   The February 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here.

8. March 2012: Selection Snapshots Newsletter

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   The March 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here.

9. Tenn. Supreme Court adopts new ethics rules for judges

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   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 campaign that the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”

10. January 2012: Selection Snapshots Newsletter

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    The January 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here.