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Community Leaders:
Elma Hairston
Phone:
(303) 321-7571
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League ID:
CO102
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League Helps Cut Through Campaign Rhetoric
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League President Elisabeth MacNamara Participates in Quality Judges Initiative Roundtable
Date: February 10, 2012
Location: Denver, Colorado
Event: Roundtable
Partners: Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System; University of Denver
A project of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) dedicated to advancing empirically based models for choosing, evaluating, and retaining judges that preserve impartiality and accountability, the "Quality Judges Initiative" convened a group of leaders from a wide range of fields and political backgrounds to develop a set of principles to ensure quality state court judges. Elisabeth MacNamara, President of the League of Women Voters of the United States, participated in the roundtable in Denver on February 10, 2012. The next steps are to draft a report on what the agreed-upon desired attributes for court systems and individual judges are, and what principles should be followed in selecting judges to attain court systems and judges with those attributes.State: -
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Lawsuit over judicial voter information tossed out (Colorado: Denver Business Journal)
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League of the United States President Mary Wilson addresses “Judicial Excellence for Colorado” dinner
Date: November 5, 2009
Location: Denver, Colorado
Event: Lecture
Partners: Colorado Judicial Institute
League President Mary G. Wilson addressed an audience of nearly 500 at the Colorado Judicial Institute’s 7th annual “Judicial Excellence for Colorado” dinner on November 5, 2009. Citing an erosion of public confidence in the judiciary due to well-funded and politicized campaigns, Wilson called for a process that can better ensure an independent and impartial judiciary.State: