J.Sotomayor urges judicial independence

Bloomberg Law has Supreme Court Justice Says Judges Must Be ‘Fiercely Independent’ -- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told students at Georgetown University that judges should be “fiercely independent” in responding to growing challenges to the rule of law.

BASF's Appellate Law Section presents Lunch with the Justices of the First District, May 8, noon to 1:30, at the First District Court of Appeal.

The Appellate Section’s biennial luncheon with the Justices of the First District Court of Appeal is back after a long hiatus! The goal of the program is to learn what the Justices care about, while getting to know the Justices and developing a useful dialog between the bar and bench. Please sign up to take advantage of this opportunity to have an open discussion between the appellate bench and bar. During lunch, we will have prompted small-table discussions between lawyers and jurists, who will then share the results of those discussions with the other small tables.

Beds' latest column is Bedsworth: Eat Mor Chikin -- The issue is whether “boneless chicken wings” must be boneless recently split the Ohio Supreme Court right down the middle, writes retired Justice William Bedsworth.