SAVE THE DATE Threats to Judicial Independence: A Panel Discussion May 3, 2021 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm ET   David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School, will be joined by Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht, Judge Allyson K. Duncan, Suzanne Spalding, and Rodney Acker to discuss threats to judicial independence. Their conversation...

SAVE THE DATE Judicial Independence: The Shared Core Values That Guide Decision Making Thursday May 13, 2021 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm ET   Judicial independence means that judges are able to make decisions that aren’t driven by political pressure or public sentiment. But even independent judges still are accountable to shared core values. Judges are part of an institutional culture...