September 11, 2023
On September 7 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued several administrative orders regarding access to case records for research purposes.
August 14, 2023
D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby has been named president of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and chair of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) board of directors.
August 07, 2023
On August 7 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 23-13 requiring the executive director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to provide the executive officer of the D.C. Courts with a list of authorized CJCC employees permitted to inspect juvenile records.
August 07, 2023
On August 7 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Promulgation Order 23-06 amending Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and Promulgation Order 23-07 amending Rules of Criminal Procedure 28, 49.1, and 55.
August 07, 2023
On August 3, Pamela Robinson, director of D.C. Bar Communities, was recognized by the NABE with its 2023 President’s Award of Excellence for her dedicated and distinguished service to the organization.
August 03, 2023
In late July, a delegation of judges and lawyers, including four past presidents of the D.C. Bar, visited Heart Mountain, Wyoming, the site of a former incarceration camp for Japanese Americans that imprisoned approximately 14,000 people without due process during World War II.
August 02, 2023
The D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure is reviewing the qualifications and fitness of D.C. Superior Court Judges Herbert Dixon Jr., John Campbell, and Hiram Puig-Lugo, who are seeking terms as senior judges.
July 31, 2023
On June 26, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP raffled off an opportunity to hurl cream pies into the face of eight firm partners at a fundraising event in support of Legal Aid of the District of Columbia’s Making Justice Real Campaign.
July 28, 2023
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission has recommended to President Biden six candidates for judicial vacancies on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia created by the retirement of Judges Peter A. Krauthamer and Hiram E. Puig-Lugo.
July 25, 2023
D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby and D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring have released the 12th annual Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, recognizing more than 4,700 attorneys who performed 50 hours or more of volunteer legal work in 2022.
