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Voters Guide May 2019: Superior Court judge race

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Centre Daily Times WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County lawyer David E. Schwager, a partner in the Wilkes-Barre law firm of Chariton, Schwager & Malak, will become president-elect of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the conclusion of the association’s Annual Meeting, May 17, in Lancaster. He will become...
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2019 Judicial Election Information

As a part of our mission to educate the public on all Pennsylvania judicial matters, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts monitored and provided information on judicial candidates running in the 2019 cycle. Our primary focus included, but was not limited to, Appellate Court and Court of Common Pleas

Zane Podsobinki, winner of PMC's Law Student Writing Competition, with PMC's President & CEO and Judge Lally-Green, Dean of Duquesne Law

Partisan Lobbying, Mass Incarceration, and Gerrymandering: Should Judicial Elections be Abolished?

Around the world, the idea that a judge could be elected seems rather perplexing. Typically, most nations utilize an appointment system that is akin to the procedures used in selecting federal judges in the United States.