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Judicial Selection
173 published works
Journal of The Missouri Bar
President's page: A commitment to civic education
Jennifer M. Crompton is 2026-2027 Missouri Bar president and trial lawyer and chief operating officer at Crompton Pancoast in St. Louis.Dear colleagues, It is a tremendous honor to serve as president…
EJIL: Talk!
High Moral Character as Optional? ICC Vetting Design Flaws
Introduction Paragraph 23 of the due diligence procedure adopted by the Assembly of States Parties in 2023 requires the Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM) to report on judicial candidates high moral…
Southern California Appellate News
More election justice profiles
The DJ has:Desautels' rulings weigh deference, responsibility and litigation choices -- Justice Tara Desautels' appellate opinions examine burdens, deference and trial tactics, reflecting an approach shaped by her years as a…
EJIL: Talk!
Serious Misconduct Cost the ICC Its Prosecutor. Its Judges Face a Vote No Character Report Reaches.
By Carina Bury
The ICC removed a Prosecutor for misconduct. This December it elects six judges — after its own Advisory Committee reported that it could not complete the moral-character check the Rome…
EJIL: Talk!
The ICJ’s Unwritten Rulebook: Regional Succession and Institutional Equilibrium
By Marcel Gross
For almost eighty years, United Nations Member States have behaved as if a mandate required them to maintain regional continuity in elections to the International Court of Justice. Yet, the…
Journal of The Missouri Bar
President's page: An informed electorate, an independent judiciary
Athena Dickson is 2025-2026 Missouri Bar president and a partner at Siro Smith Dickson PC.Over the past several months, I have discussed in my “President’s Page” columns two closely related…
Turtle Talk
Job Postings 7.23.26 Part II
Judge Tohono O’odham Nation, Sells, Arizona A judge of the Tohono O’odham Nation shall have the duties and powers vested by Article VIII of the Constitution of the Tohono O’odham…
North Carolina Criminal Law
Judicial Retention Elections in North Carolina
By Shea Denning
A colleague recently came into my office carrying Volume 3 of the General Statutes of North Carolina Annotated by Lexis Nexis (what we attorneys call “the green book”) with a…
El Juego de la Suprema Corte • Blog de la revista Nexos
Cuando la justicia se convierte en experimento político
México decidió experimentar con un modelo sin precedentes: someter a votación popular la selección de jueces, magistraturas y ministraturas. Presentado como un avance hacia la “democratización de la justicia”, el…
Your MO Law
Understanding The Missouri Plan: A continued model for the nation
Hannah Kiddoo Frevert is communications director at The Missouri Bar.For the last 85 years, Missouri’s Non-Partisan Court Plan has continued its tradition of attracting high-quality judges in the least political…