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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Ind. Courts - Following the Indiana Supreme Court selection process [Revised]

Updating earlier ILB entries, applications for the Supreme Court vacancy are due by noon today. See this ILB entry from June 2 for details on the selection process.

The Supreme Court press office has now issued a revised announcement headed: "Applications for Supreme Court Vacancy Made Available To Press and Public." It reads:

On Thursday, July 1st a press release will be posted to the courts.in.gov website naming all applicants for the position of Supreme Court Justice.

On Friday, July 2nd at 8:30 a.m. EDT a release will be posted to the court website listing the applicants and the day, time and location of each applicant interview. The press release will also include a link to individual applications without writing samples.

The press and public are invited to view applications, with the voluminous writing samples, in person on Friday, July 2nd from 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. EDT in the Law Library on the third floor of the State House. Application photocopies can be made on the library copier for 25 cents a page. The copier takes 1 and 5 dollar bills, change is not available.

On July 8th or July 9th a press release naming the semi-finalists will be posted to the courts.in.gov website. The exact date of the release will depend on Judicial Nominating Commission deliberations. The semi-finalists will be named after the executive session concludes. When a list of all semi-finalist applicant interview times is available it will also be posted online.

On July 30th a press release naming the three finalists will be posted online. The vote on the final nominees is public, and the release will be posted shortly after the public vote.

The interviews are open to the press and public.

This is great.

Also great: The ILB is very pleased to announce that Joel Schumm, IU-Indianapolis law professor, has agreed to cover the interviews for the ILB. We plan comprehensive coverage, beginning with the list of applicants, their applications, their writing samples, and their interviews before the Commission.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 30, 2010 10:49 AM
Posted to Vacancy on Supreme Ct