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3d rendering of white gift box with red ribbon on round wooden block and brown wooden gavel on blue background

Our December Question of the Month asked judges which of the following they’d most enjoy receiving this holiday season: a new gavel, a new robe, a new chair, new attorneys or something else. New chairs ...

Judges have some surprising wishes this holiday season

Our December Question of the Month asked judges which of the following they’d most enjoy receiving this holiday season: a new gavel, a new robe, a new chair, new attorneys or something else. New chairs ...

Fallen Lady Justice
Fallen Lady Justice

Note: This article first appeared in the fall 2021 issue of The Judges’ Journal, a publication of the American Bar Association Judicial Division. The theme of the issue was “Judging in a Politicized Amer...

Taking Fire from Many Directions: The Threats to Judicial Independence Are Myriad and Multiplying

Note: This article first appeared in the fall 2021 issue of The Judges’ Journal, a publication of the American Bar Association Judicial Division. The theme of the issue was “Judging in a Politicized Amer...

SandraDayOConnor
SandraDayOConnor

She enrolled at Stanford University at age 16 and graduated from Stanford Law School at age 22. She finished third in her law school class, two spots behind a future chief justice of the United States, Wi...

Judicial Heroes & Legends: November 2021 – Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

She enrolled at Stanford University at age 16 and graduated from Stanford Law School at age 22. She finished third in her law school class, two spots behind a future chief justice of the United States, Wi...

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