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Judicial Honors

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Judicial Honors: Vol. 109 No. 3

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Vol. 109 No. 3 (2026) | To Know Courts Is to Love Them?

Associate Judge VERONICA ARMOUTI of Illinois’s Third Judicial Circuit received the Advocate Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Armouti was honored for her fairness, professionalism, and commitment […]

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Judicial Honors: Vol. 109 No. 2

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Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the People

Judicial Honors celebrates notable recognitions and milestones across the judiciary, spotlighting judges whose leadership and service strengthen courts and the rule of law. This edition features 2025 Jurists of the Year honorees, lifetime achievement awards, and international honors.

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Judicial Honors: Vol. 109 No. 1

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Judge LEE H. ROSENTHAL, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Law Institute (ALI). The award is given […]

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Judicial Honors: Vol. 108 No. 3

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Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

The 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 […]

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Judicial Honors: Vol. 108 No. 2

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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. […]

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Judicial Honors Vol. 108 No. 1

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Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for Justice

Judge 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 […]

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Allyson K. Duncan: Quietly Tenacious, Fervently Committed

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Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | Justitia

PICTURED 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, […]

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Judicial Honors Vol. 107 No. 2

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Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

Judge 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 […]

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Judicial Honors: Vol. 107 No. 1

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Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

The 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 […]

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Judicial Honors – Vol. 106 No. 3

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Vol. 106 No. 3 (2023) | Forging New Trails

The 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 […]

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