- Interbranch Commission Conducts Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership
- Commission Submits Comments to Court on Proposed Statewide Rule re Legal Name Changes
- Commission Supports Three Bills to Implement Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Reforms
- Press Release: Commission Details Developments and Continued Challenges in Historic Reform of Indigent Defense Services in Pennsylvania
- Press Release: Commission Convenes Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership
- Commission Supports Legislation to Standardize and Improve Equal Access to Legal Parentage Determinations in PA
- Commission, Others Submit Amicus Brief to Court in Support of Intent-Based Parentage for Children Conceived through Assistive Reproductive Technology (“ART”)
- Commission Supports Legislation to Modernize Name Change Process in Pennsylvania
- Press Release: Commission Applauds U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Declining to Hear Challenge to PA Rule 8.4(g)
- Commission Submits Comments to Court on Proposed Criminal Procedural Rules re Reduction, Waiver of Court Fines and Costs
- Press Release: E.D. Shields Joins Other Members of Statewide Indigent Defense Advisory Committee as Committee Convenes its First Meeting
- Press Release: PA House Judiciary Committee Conducts Hearing on Critical Jury Service Issues
- Commission Publishes 2023-24 Newsletter
- Commission Commends Allegheny County President Judge Clark on Distinguished Career in Public Service
- Press Release: Commission Celebrates Enactment of Legislation Providing First-of-its-Kind Funding for Indigent Defense Reform
- Commission Supports Legislation to Protect Minors in PA from Conversion Therapy
- Commission Conducts Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership
- Commission Submits Letter to PA Legislators in Support of Increasing Juror Compensation, Reducing Barriers to Jury Service
- Commission Submits Letters to Legislature in Support of Bills Designed to Protect LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians
- Commission Submits Second Round of Comments to Court in Support of Proposal to Expand and Permit the Collection of Juror Demographic Data Categories
- Commission Submits Second Round of Comments on Court’s Revised Proposal to Amend PA Criminal Procedural Rules Governing the Appointment of Counsel, Purpose of Bail, and Others
- Commission Issues Press Release Celebrating Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ Ruling re PA Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g)
- Commission Announces Selection of New Executive Director, Maraleen Shields, Esq.
- Commission Honors Distinguished Career of Executive Director Lisette McCormick
- Commission Conducts Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership, Honors Lisette McCormick for her Distinguished Tenure as Executive Director
- Commission Submits Third Round of Comments to Court re Proposed Statewide Rules Governing Indigent Individuals’ Access to PA Courts
- Commission Submits Comments to PA Supreme Court Supporting Court’s Proposal to Expand, Permit Collection of Juror Demographic Categories on Juror Info Questionnaire
- Commission Conducts Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership, Welcomes New Members
- Commission Distributes Annual Infographic Summary of PA Attorney Demographic Data
- Commission Submits Letter Urging U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services to Reverse Trump-Era Decision to Not Enforce Department-Wide Non-Discrimination Protections
- Commission Joins Other Stakeholders in Submitting to PA Supreme Court Proposed Amendments to Statewide Rules Governing Courts’ Collection of Fines/Costs from Defendants
- Commission Submits Comments to PA CLE Board in Support of Strengthening Antibias Education Requirements for PA Attorneys
- Commission, PA Bar Association Jointly Administer CLE Program on Innovative Anti-Bias Programming in PA Law Schools
- Commission Staff Participate as Panelists in Bail Reform & Pretrial Justice Town Hall and Speak Out
- Commission Publishes, Widely Distributes Guide on Innovative Anti-Bias Curricula for Law Students and Law Faculty
- Commission Submits Second Round of Comments re Proposed Statewide Rules Governing Indigent Individuals’ Access to Pennsylvania Courts
- Commission Submits Letter to Court Proposing Expansions to, Aggregated Collection of Demographic Categories on State’s Juror Information Questionnaire
- Commission Conducts In-Person Meeting of its Full Membership
- Commission Submits Letter to Legislature in Support of Bill Banning Use of LGBTQ “Panic” Defense
- Commission Supports Legislation to Promote More Equitable Access to Jury Service
- Commission Supports Legislation to Establish a Statewide Rape Kit Tracking System
- Commission Conducts Virtual Quarterly Meeting of its Full Membership
- Commission Submits Comments to Court re Proposed State Criminal Procedural Rules Governing the Appointment of Counsel, the Purpose of Bail, and Others
- Commission Submits Comments to ACBA re Proposed Amendments to Local Rules Governing Bail, Probation and Incarceration
- Commission Distributes Letter, Infographic re Results of PA Juror Demographics Survey to Court Administrators
- ABA Judges’ Journal Publishes Executive Director McCormick’s Article on Jury Inclusiveness in PA
- Commission Distributes Jury Service Pamphlet for LEP Individuals to PA’s Federal, State Courts
- Commission Distributes Annual One-Page Summary of PA Attorney Demographics
- PBA Publishes Staff Attorney Bertig’s Article re LGBTQ Rights in PA
- Commission Supports Legislation to Expand Non-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ Individuals
- Court Adopts Commission’s Proposed Rule to Limit Admissibility of One’s Immigration Status into Evidence
- Commission Submits Comments to ACBA re Local Court Rules re Bail, Probation & Incarceration
- Court Adopts Amended Version of Commission’s Proposed Rule to Prohibit Attorneys from Engaging in Harassment or Discriminatory Behavior
- Commission Submits Comments on Proposed Amendments to PA Interpreter Regs & Compensation Schedules
- Commission’s E.D. Participates in Juneteenth Service Project
- The Commission Conducts a Quarterly Virtual Meeting of its Full Membership
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