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PBA Recommends Retention for All Four Appellate Judges on November Ballot

Tuesday, September 3, 2019
By ZACK NEEDLES The Legal Intelligencer Commonwealth Court Judges P. Kevin Brobson and Patricia A. McCullough and Superior Court Judges Anne E. Lazarus and Judith Ference Olson all received "recommended" ratings. The Pennsylvania Bar Association has recommended for retention the two Commonwealth...

PMC in the News: Westmoreland judicial candidates spent $750K through spring primary election

Monday, June 24, 2019
Trib Live June 24, 2019 The six candidates who ran for two open judicial seats on the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas spent more than $750,000 combined through early June. Campaign finance reports filed last week in Harrisburg detailed candidate spending and revealed the growing cost to...
2019 Candidates for PA's Superior Court with PMC's President & CEO and the Philadelphia Bar Association's Chancellor

Decision 2019 Superior Court Candidates Forum

On May 7, 2019, PMC and the Philadelphia Bar Association held a 90-minute forum with candidates for Pennsylvania's Superior Court at The Free Library of Philadelphia's Parkways Central Library.

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.