Litigation

Gavel to Gavel Issue Released

By Charlie Hall

The National Center for State Courts has just released its newest edition of Gavel to Gavel, a summary of legislation affecting state courts. This week’s online issue features:

• Arkansas? Senate approves a bill allowing County Judges to designate their successors in the case of their death or disability in an emergency.
• Washington State considers transferring all licensing and disciplinary authority over attorneys held by the state bar to the Supreme Court, while South Carolina considers stripping that state?s Supreme Court of the power over attorney admission/discipline.
• Alabama?s House Judiciary Committee advances a bill to increase the number of years a person must be admitted to the bar before becoming a judge.

To read this issue of Gavel to Gavel, click here. To see earlier editions, click here. And to see a new new searchable database for all Gavel to Gavel legislation, click here.

Full post as published by The Gavel on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).