Feb
02
JUDGE BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY NAMED CHIEF JUDGE OF THE D.C. COURT OF APPEALS
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission has designated Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby to serve as chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Judge Blackburne-Rigsby will assume the office on March 18, 2017. Continue Reading
Jan
31
WOMEN ARE BACK AT FEDERAL PRISON IN DANBURY
Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. Following an outcry over the plan to move female prisoners from the only federal women's lockup in the Northeast, the Bureau of Prisons is now considering keeping some female prisoners housed at the Federal Corrections Institute in Danbury, officials said. Continue Reading
Written by Dirk Perrefort News-Times | News
Jan
19
IVP REPORT FROM THE HIGH PLAINS
The National Association of Women Judges' Informed Voter Project provided critically important help in Kansas' 2016 retention elections, where all of the 11 appellate judges on the ballot were retained by voters on November 8. Continue Reading
Written by Informed Voters Fair Judges | News
Jan
19
KANSAS INFORMED VOTERS PROGRAMS PROVES SUCCESS
The dust is settling as four Kansas Supreme Court Justices remain safely on the bench after a brutal battle between politics and justice. Continue Reading
Written by Informed Voters Fair Judges | News
Jan
16
FOR FEMALE INMATES IN NEW YORK CITY, PRISON IS A CROWDED, WINDOWLESS ROOM
More than a hundred female federal inmates, sentenced to long-term prison, have instead been held for years in two windowless rooms in a detention center in Brooklyn. Continue Reading
Written by WYNC New York Public Radio | News
Nov
17
NAWJ DISTRICT ONE PRESENTS ANNUAL 'BRANCHING OUT: OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT' TO HUGE GATHERING IN BOSTON
On November 16, 2016, NAWJ's District One presented "Branching Out: Opportunities to Make a Difference in three Branches of Government." Continue Reading
Written by National Association of Women Judges | News
Nov
15
TAKING NETWORKING TO NEW HEIGHTS: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AND NAWJ CO-SPONSOR MENTORJET
NAWJ District 7 Director Judge Michele Rick joined members from across Michigan's legal community to participate in the successfully popular MentorJet Program in Michigan. Continue Reading
Written by Michelle Rick | News
Nov
04
NAWJ DISTRICT TWO WOMEN IN PRISON COMMITTEE GATHERS HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR ANNUAL BEYOND THE BARS PROGRAM
NAWJ's New York Chapter Women in Prison (WIP) Committee has begun its Toy, Toiletry and Book Drive for its annual "Beyond the Bars" project. Continue Reading
Written by Cheryl Gonzales | News
Nov
01
INFORMED VOTERS - FAIR JUDGES HOLD FESTIVE HAPPY HOUR FOR THE BALANCE OF POWER
State judiciary, civic organizations, legal professionals and citizens attended the Happy Hour for the Balance of Power on October 25th, 2017 at Novecento in support of the Informed Voters Project, a nonpartisan civics-education campaign of the National Association of Women Judges. Continue Reading
Written by Victoria Pajaujis | News
Oct
28
FOURTH ANNUAL NCBJ-NAWJ MEET AND GREET SUCCEEDS BY JOINING OLD FRIENDS AND ENCOURAGING NEW
On Thursday morning October 27, 2016, members of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges who are also members of the National Association of Women Judges hosted their Fourth Annual NCBJ-NAWJ Meet and Greet Breakfast at our NCBJ Conference. Continue Reading
Written by Colleen Brown | News
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