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What to Know About Clerking on a State Supreme Court
Judges from high courts across the country share insights for law students and recent graduates.
Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC
Delaware Supreme Court upheld corporate law changes that retroactively alter the standard of review and relief the Chancery Court may award for certain transactions involving controlling shareholders
State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Scott County
Iowa Supreme Court ruled that trial court acted beyond its authority when it did not accept public defender's representation that it had a temporary overload of cases
State Courts Interpret the Meaning of Public Education
The Kentucky Supreme Court’s decision striking down the state’s charter school law comes amid a broader wave of cases examining how state constitutions define the boundaries of school choice.
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
Texas General Land Office v. SaveRGV; Cameron County v. SaveRGV; Paxton v. SaveRGV
Texas Supreme Court will consider whether statutes relied on by officials to close a public beach for SpaceX flight violate an amendment providing citizens with an "unrestricted right" to use public beaches
Common Cause v. Evnen
Nebraska Supreme Court will consider whether the secretary of state had authority to release voter registration data requested by the U.S. Department of Justice
Leslie C. Levin
Leslie Levin is the Hugh Macgill Professor of Law Emerita at the University of Connecticut Law School. Her scholarship focuses on the legal profession, lawyer regulation, and ethical decision-...
Texas Two-Steps Away from Government Lawyer Accountability, Montana Does not Follow
The Texas high court cited separation-of-powers concerns when stripping a state disciplinary commission of the authority to pursue certain grievances against executive branch lawyers.
Sagoonick v. State of Alaska II
Alaska Supreme Court will consider whether law requiring the state to develop a natural gas project violates youth plaintiffs' rights to equal access and sustained yield of public trust resources and to a climate system that sustains human life
