Sentences with phrase «judicial appointments committee»

He served as Chairman of the Union County Ethics Committee and was a member of the Judicial Appointments Committee.

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In the past, the Senate deferred to the president's choice of justices, as well as other federal judicial officers, but since the Nixon administration that deference has declined and appointments have been seen as more political, particularly following the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the appointment of Clarence Thomas.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

Recommendation 2: The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada take immediate steps to ensure that an efficient and expeditious system is in place for making the necessary judicial appointments to provincial superior courts.

The Committee has examined the progress made on judicial recruitment and diversity since its 2012 report on Judicial Appoijudicial recruitment and diversity since its 2012 report on Judicial AppoiJudicial Appointments.

When we talk about defending and protecting our judiciary, none of our work is more important than the peer reviews we continue to perform on judicial nominees being considered for lifetime appointments by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Ontario recently announced the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee will be taking steps to increase diversity in the judiciary, including recruiting more judges from indigenous communities.

The new guidelines for Superior Court judicial appointments released this week highlight the need for Judicial Advisory Committees (JACs) to be more representative of Canada, and to receive training on diversity, unconscious bias, and assessment of merit, criteria which could also be applied to those aspiring to enter the projudicial appointments released this week highlight the need for Judicial Advisory Committees (JACs) to be more representative of Canada, and to receive training on diversity, unconscious bias, and assessment of merit, criteria which could also be applied to those aspiring to enter the proJudicial Advisory Committees (JACs) to be more representative of Canada, and to receive training on diversity, unconscious bias, and assessment of merit, criteria which could also be applied to those aspiring to enter the profession.

Committee review of remuneration (in this case, Justices of the Peace) is required for any new judicial office, can be done retroactively within a reasonable time after the appointments, and is so even where those appointed to the new judicial office are transferred from a previous judicial office.

In her testimony to the Special Committee, Justice Roggensack noted that judicial bias can not be presumed solely from a lawful campaign contribution, lawful independent expenditure, or even from a gubernatorial appointment.

Further, the appointment process — through the creation of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee (JAAC)-- had moved away from partisan political influence.

In Alberta, candidates for Provincial Court appointments are first screened by the Alberta Judicial Council and then interviewed by the Provincial Court Nominating Committee, which provides its recommendations to the minister of justice.

Many other provinces have a similar process for selecting judges to provincial courts, although Ontario is unique in that a majority of the 13 people on its Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee are lay members.

He has also served as a Commissioner on the State Bar's Commission on Judicial Nominee's Evaluation, and on Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee, which made recommendations for federal judicial appoiJudicial Nominee's Evaluation, and on Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee, which made recommendations for federal judicial appoiJudicial Screening Committee, which made recommendations for federal judicial appoijudicial appointments.

The Committee shall conduct the advertising and review process in accordance with criteria established by the Committee, including assessment of the professional excellence, community awareness and personal characteristics of candidates and recognition of the desirability of reflecting the diversity of Ontario society in judicial appointments.

(11) The Attorney General shall recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for appointment to fill a judicial vacancy only a candidate who has been recommended for that vacancy by the Committee under this section.

In a Q&A session with Miami Today, Shutts & Bowen partner Aliette DelPozo Rodz speaks about the role of the firm's Cuba Task Force, her appointment as Chair of the Bar Grievance Committee for the 11th Judicial Circuit and the different aspects of her litigation practice.

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Oklahoma's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved five measures that would replace commission - based appointment of appellate judges with contested elections, limit the role of the judicial nominating commission in identifying the best qualified applicants, allow the governor to replace some lawyer members of the commission, and require appellate judges to get 60 percent «yes» votes to be retained.

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Served advisory / legal expert appointments, including among others: Asian Development Bank Office of the Chief Economist; European Union External Action Service; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative; Singapore Judicial Academy; Fellowships Director of the Angara Centre for Law & Economics; Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines; Philippine Constitutional Commission on Elections.

Committee review of remuneration (in this case, Justices of the Peace) is required for any new judicial office, can be done retroactively within a reasonable time after the appointments, and is so even where those appointed to the new judicial office were transferred from a previous judicial office.

The appointment of colonial judges to the Judicial Committee had been made possible by the Judicial Committee Amendment Act, 1895, 58 & 59 Vic., c. 44 (U.K.).

He has served as Chairperson of the Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments, and Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association Litigation Section and Co-Chair of its Tort Committee.

That committee's evaluation of federal judicial nominees is critical to appointment and confirmation of all federal judges including most particularly federal trial judges.

«Those changes are expected to be implemented as soon as this month with the unveiling of 128 appointments to 16 new judicial appointments advisory committees (JACs), which have been reorganized to add a new seat reserved for police representatives, and to give the government a freer hand in selecting judges.»

I'm a bit sceptical of this line of reasoning, given that the government has always been free to pick any of the qualified candidates proposed by the existing judicial appointment advisory committees.

Appointment by former Senator Mel Martinez as past statewide Chairman and Member of Federal Judicial Nominating Committee (four years)