Judicial Honors

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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Judicial Honors: Spring 2022

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Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily Engaged

The 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 […]

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Judicial Honors & Briefs

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

On 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 […]

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Judicial Honors: Winter 2015

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Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing Discovery

The 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 […]

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Judicial Honors Fall/Winter 2021–22

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Judge Elizabeth P. Hines (retired) of the 15th District Court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, were inducted into the National Center for State […]

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Judicial Honors and Milestones: Spring 2016

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Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of Judicature

Steven Leifman, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida judge, received the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence at a dinner at the U.S. Supreme Court. The award is given by […]

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Judicial Honors

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Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

Judge Linda Hidalgo of Harris County, Texas, is a 2021 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award. The award honors Americans under 40 who are changing the country through […]

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