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Read more →JUDGE JEROME (JERRY) B. ABRAMS is a Minnesota State District Court who came on to the Bench in 2008 after 27 years of a busy civil trail practice, much of it handling a wide variety of civil litigation. As a lawyer he tried numerous civil cases, some enormous, some large and not so large in a number… Continue Reading 2016 Conference Speakers
ABA e-News, November 25, 2014 | By Admin In 2006, a man involved in a bitter divorce stabbed his wife to death, then went down to the courthouse and from 200 yards away shot Judge Chuck Weller at the Second Judicial Court in Reno, Nev. The judge recovered and returned to work, but his experience lead… Continue Reading A Judge Reflects on How to Reduce Courtroom Violence
Press release from AJS Headquarters in Nashville, TN | Oct 1, 2014 On September 26, 2014, the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society (AJS) approved a plan to dissolve the Society and wind up its affairs. AJS was the original “fair courts” citizen organization and, for 101 years, has worked nationally to protect… Continue Reading American Judicature Society (AJS) Closes Doors after 101 Years
National Center for State Courts | September 2014 Annually, the National Center for State Courts presents the William H. Rehnquist Award at a special dinner ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Supreme Court Building hosted by the Chief Justice of the United States John J. Roberts. The award honors a state jurist who… Continue Reading NCMC Leaders to Participate in Special Civil Justice Roundtable at Prestigious Rehnquist Dinner Event in Washington D.C. November 20, 2014
ABA American Jury Project Announcement | July, 2014 The ABA Commission on the American Jury is hosting a bi-annual National Symposium on the topic of “Assuring Fair and Impartial Juries” at the University of San Diego School of Law, Joan B. Kroc Center for Peace Studies. A block of rooms has been reserved at… Continue Reading ABA Program on Fairness in Juries set for San Diego – Oct 23-24
ABAjournal.com | April 25, 2014 Patrick Lamb, Valorem Law Group, a Chicago and San Jose business focused law firm, recently offered some sage advice on how courts could be more effective in resolving corporate litigation. He wrote… I recently lived through a litigator and client’s bad dream—a case that settled on the eve (literally) of… Continue Reading 10 things judges can do to help business litigation be more efficient and less expensive
ABA Journal | Published April 2014 Fifty-seven percent of all 2013 law school graduates were employed in full-time, long-term legal jobs requiring bar passage as of Feb. 15, according to data released Wednesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Still, that’s up slightly from last year, when 56.2 percent… Continue Reading Job Outlook for 2013 Law School Graduates Remains Bleak
