News & Events
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CCE Convenes Inaugural Meeting of Regional UPL Leaders
CCE convened, for the first time, a meeting on August 29th for leaders in DC, Maryland and Virginia who oversee unauthorized practice of law (UPL) matters in their respective jurisdictions.
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President Obama's Speech and CCE's Work
President Obama's recent speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington touched on two important issues that CCE is working on - School Discipline and Reentry.
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New CCE Initiative: Access to Justice for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
CCE's new initiative plans to assess this population’s access to the courts and consider ways to involve the private bar around communication access needs.
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CCE Attends Conference on Immigrant Consumer Protection
More than 50 regional government, community and other stakeholders gathered last month for a half-day conference on Immigrant Consumer Protection Issues in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The event featured panels on notario fraud and immigration services scams and other consumer related scams targeting immigrants, such as unscrupulous debt collector practices.
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CCE Profiles: Marc Sherman
The first in a new, periodic series of profiles of the CCE "family:" the group of people who make up CCE and the ways they contribute to improving the administration of justice in DC. For this profile, new CCE Treasurer Doug Spaulding (at far left in picture) interviews outgoing Treasurer Marc Sherman (at right) about his life, career, and over 20-year experience serving on CCE's Board of Directors.
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Thank You to Our Mid-Year Donors!
Donors are supporting CCE's collaborative efforts to improve DC's justice system on diverse projects such as improving DC's post-arrest processes, addressing notario and legal service fraud, undertaking a major jury reform effort, and much more!
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Update on DC Attorney General Election
This fall, the DC Council will decide whether voters will, for the first time, be choosing DC’s next Attorney General. This role, like other cabinet-level posts, has historically been filled by the Mayor, with the nominee being confirmed by the DC Council.
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CCE Jury Panel: Changing Perceptions About Jury Service
CCE recently hosted a lively, thought-provoking panel discussion entitled "Changing Perceptions of Jury Service," moderated by CCE Director Jay Hulme of Arent Fox and featuring CCE Director Paulette Chapman of Koonz, McKenney; Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court for DC; and Professor Andrew Ferguson of the David A. Clarke School of Law at UDC.
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So You Want to Be DC's Attorney General?
The Council for Court Excellence has joined with six other organizations to sponsor a forum to publicize the upcoming election of DC’s Attorney General. The forum will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 6:00 to 7:30 pm in the Moot Court Room (Building 52, Room 518) at UDC’s David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Avenue, NW (near Yuma).
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Post-Arrest Legislation Introducted
On June 4, the DC Council introduced the "Post-Arrest Process Clarification Amendment Act of 2013" to improve DC's post-arrest process.
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Stewart Dinner Celebrates Jim Sandman, Jess Rosenbaum, and Bill Garber
What a night! Thank you to all our guests who joined us for the 17th Annual Justice Potter Stewart Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 9.
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CCE Jury Education Program Wraps Up for the School Year
The Council for Court Excellence’s School Jury Education program had another successful run for the 2012-2013 school year. The program visited sixteen DC public and charter schools throughout the city reaching schools in all eight wards.
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Public Forum on DC Court of Appeals Chief Judge
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission is pleased to announce a public forum to meet and hear from Chief Judge Eric T. Washington, the sole candidate for redesignation as Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
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CCE Releases Post-Arrest Report
CCE's Post-Arrest Report describes, for the first time, DC's unique post-arrest process and makes recommendations for its improvement.
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2013 Stewart Award Honorees are Sandman, Rosenbaum, Garber
On May 9, 2013, CCE will honor James Sandman, Jessica Rosenbaum, and William Garber with the 17th Annual Justice Potter Stewart Awards.
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Remembering Gordon Forester
Gordon Forester, an active CCE Board Director for over 20 years, passed away on March 23, 2013 after a long illness. The following reflection was written by Sam Harahan, Founding Executive Director (1982-2002), and Jim Mercurio, former CCE Vice President.
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CCE mourns the death of Mrs. Andy Stewart
CCE mourns the passing of CCE Board Director Andy Stewart, Justice Potter Stewart's widow. Mrs. Stewart stands between former CCE President Ken Starr and former US Attorney General Janet Reno.
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D.C. Bar Nominations Committee Announces Elections
The D.C. Bar Nominations Committee recently announced the selection of candidates for the president-elect for the 2013-2014 term as well as other bar positions.
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CCE convenes community stakeholders to combat notario fraud
This group, chaired by David Zetoony of Bryan Cave LLP, meets monthly to share information about fraudulent legal advisers, or "notarios," operating in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia and to discuss strategies to governmental and private enforcement actions to stop their activities.
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CCE testifies before DC Council and the Task Force on Restoration of Rights
On February 14, CCE testified before DC Council performance hearings regarding the Office of Administrative Hearings and also the Office on Returning Citizen Affairs. On February 20, we testified before the Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction.
