Judicial Honors

Judicial Honors: Vol. 108 No. 3
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsThe city of Memphis recently named a street for Judge BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, who retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2023. She was also honored […]

Judicial Honors: Vol. 108 No. 2
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?Judge Mary Jane Trapp of the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals received Case Western Reserve School of Law’s 2024 Centennial Medal Award, which recognizes excellence and leadership in the legal field. […]

Judicial Honors Vol. 108 No. 1
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeJudge Lora J. Livingston (ret.) received the 2024 Judge Merrill Hartman Pro Bono Judge Award from the State Bar of Texas in recognition of her pro bono service on the 261st District […]

Allyson K. Duncan: Quietly Tenacious, Fervently Committed
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: Judge Duncan with her portrait, which was installed at Duke Law School in 2018 and was painted by Gale Fulton Ross. Ross earlier painted one of Duncan’s mother, […]

Judicial Honors Vol. 107 No. 2
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsJudge Nitza Quiñones Alejandro of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania received the 2023 La Justicia Award from the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania, an organization she helped […]

Judicial Honors: Vol. 107 No. 1
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationThe Forney Independent School District in Forney, Texas, opened a new elementary school named in honor of alumnus Judge DON WILLETT of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The […]

Judicial Honors – Vol. 106 No. 3
Vol. 106 No. 3 (2023) | Forging New TrailsThe Georgetown Center for the Constitution held a memorial event honoring Judge LAURENCE H. SILBERMAN, a longtime judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, who died in […]

Judicial Honors: Spring 2022
by Eric Surber
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily EngagedThe Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) honored Judge MARY JANE TRAPP of Florida’s 11th District Court of Appeals with the Ohio Bar Medal. The medal is the OSBA’s highest honor and is […]

Judicial Honors & Briefs
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchOn The Hill: Reducing Recidivism and its Costs On Feb. 11, Sen. John Cornyn reintroduced the Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Eliminating Costs for Taxpayers in Our National System Act […]

Judicial Honors: Winter 2015
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryThe Shelby County Commission in Tennessee voted to rename the county courthouse the D’Army Bailey Courthouse Building in honor of the late D’Army Bailey. Judge Bailey served on Tennessee’s 13th Judicial […]