tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post6048897729242594102..comments2024-03-26T13:05:52.830-05:00Comments on For What It's Worth: CBA extends deadline for interested persons to join its JEC; Alliance looking for JEC volunteers, tooJack Leyhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884163579967286888noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-17887523897298007442017-02-01T20:34:13.973-06:002017-02-01T20:34:13.973-06:00These committees don't have people because it ...These committees don't have people because it is very time consuming. When you are asked to be an investigator and you do a proper job it takes hours to review the application, call people on list, find off list people, conduct internet searches and write a report. Sitting in on the interviews is not bad it's anywhere from one to two hours tops. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-65327853131235860112017-01-31T23:32:18.026-06:002017-01-31T23:32:18.026-06:00We had this discussion in past posts. Bar Associa...We had this discussion in past posts. Bar Association JEC committees are not exactly overflowing with members. And many of the members do not have even close to the 10-12 years of practice experience the judicial candidates they are evaluating are required to have. Your story reflects that the CBA needs to extend their deadline to obtain new JEC members and the Alliance needs members as well. Why is that? Have we all suddenly lost our volunteer spirit? More likely, and I credit FWIW for this for providing a forum for discussion and comment, the folly of the process is becoming more and more apparent to all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-30438136585386054512017-01-30T20:36:34.759-06:002017-01-30T20:36:34.759-06:00Anon 1/30 @4:32 -- That one I had.Anon 1/30 @4:32 -- That one I had.Jack Leyhanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884163579967286888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-58503882284348310012017-01-30T16:32:39.111-06:002017-01-30T16:32:39.111-06:00Judge Patricia Banks has retired, creating a vacan...Judge Patricia Banks has retired, creating a vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-80670348354154280992017-01-30T14:04:25.114-06:002017-01-30T14:04:25.114-06:00Anon 8:57: Giving Alternative Facts?Anon 8:57: Giving Alternative Facts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-85804132681359380192017-01-29T09:26:33.309-06:002017-01-29T09:26:33.309-06:00@Anon 1/29 8:57 a.m. -- Wouldn't you say that&...@Anon 1/29 8:57 a.m. -- Wouldn't you say that's a good reason to volunteer for JECs, and an especially good reason to volunteer for those JECs to which you refer?<br /><br />Of course, you didn't name names.<br /><br /><i>Which</i> JECs are a 'committee of one'? Or of two?<br /><br />There have been times -- I have this on good authority -- where only one representative of an Alliance Bar group is available for a particular candidate hearing -- and sometimes that one person represents a number of bar groups to which he or she belongs. That gives that person outsize influence, yes -- but even this would not be as bad as the committee of one or two that you posit -- and would, in due course, be diluted by a flood of volunteers.<br /><br />Care to name names?Jack Leyhanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884163579967286888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-2213811182026449892017-01-29T08:57:45.109-06:002017-01-29T08:57:45.109-06:00Hmmmmm. Many of the smaller bar association JEC&#...Hmmmmm. Many of the smaller bar association JEC's are comprised of, let's say, a committee of one. Maybe a committee of two. They are not really committees at all. Smoke and mirrors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com