Apr
13
THEY SO RULE!
The winter issue of Lawdragon Magazine features the first ever guide to the country's leading public and private judges. Lawyers nationwide singled out the Lawdragon 500 Leading Judges in America as the very best of the bench. View the list of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Judges. Continue Reading
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Mar
10
NAWJ SHINES AT GALA RECEPTION
On Monday, March 6, 2006, NAWJ hosted a magical Gala Reception in Washington DC, honoring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor with its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue Reading
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Mar
01
NAWJ RESPONDS TO PROPOSED ABA JUDICIAL CODE PROVISIONS
NAWJ recently filed final comments with respect to the proposed language contained in the 2005 Final Draft Report of the ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct (http://www.abanet.org/judicialethics/finaldraftreport.html), Proposed Rule 4.04(b)(3) and proposed Comment 8 to that Rule, which we believe will have a chilling effect on the ability of judges to attend, participate in or accept offers to speak at events of minority, women's and other specialty bar... Continue Reading
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Jan
24
JUDGE MURDOCK STRIKES DOWN MARYLAND BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE
On Friday, January 20, 2006, Judge M. Brooke Murdock of District 4 struck down Maryland's 33-year-old ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Continue Reading
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Jan
01
PRESIDENT RUIZ'S OP-ED TO SAN FRANCISCO RECORDER AND LETTER TO SENATOR SPECTER ON SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
NAWJ has posted the article written by NAWJ President, Vanessa Ruiz and published in the San Francisco Recorder regarding filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Continue Reading
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Dec
01
SELECTION OF THE EDNA G. PARKER AWARD RECIPIENT
The Edna G. Parker Award Committee has announced that the Committee, by unanimous vote, has selected the Honorable Kathleen O'Ferrall Friedman, Associate Judge, Retired, Circuit Court for Baltimore City to receive the Edna G. Parker Award. Click here to download the announcement in Microsoft Word format. Continue Reading
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Oct
21
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT RUIZ UPON HER INSTALLATION AS NAWJ PRESIDENT
NAWJ has posted the remarks of President Vanessa Ruiz upon her installation as the NAWJ President. Click here to download the document in Microsoft Word format. Continue Reading
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Oct
10
PRESIDENT RUIZ'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
NAWJ has posted the letter sent by NAWJ President, Vanessa Ruiz to President George W. Bush regarding filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Continue Reading
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Oct
10
PRESIDENT RUIZ'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
NAWJ has posted the letter sent by NAWJ President, Vanessa Ruiz to President George W. Bush regarding filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Click here to download the document in Microsoft Word format. Continue Reading
Written by National Association of Women Judges | News Archive
Oct
01
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT RUIZ UPON HER INSTALLATION AS NAWJ PRESIDENT
NAWJ has posted the remarks of President Vanessa Ruiz upon her installation as the NAWJ President. Click here to download the document in Microsoft Word format. Continue Reading
Written by National Association of Women Judges | News Archive
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