Misconduct Findings Against Judge Prompt Clerk Safety Questions

“Law clerks working in smaller legal communities like Anchorage can also be more susceptible to unsafe workplaces,” Aliza Shatzman told Bloomberg Law’s Jacqueline Thomsen regarding former Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred.

“There are very few judges, which means there are very few safe places to go to report mistreatment,” Shatzman said. “The judges know everybody, and the attorneys know everybody.”

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Q & A with Aliza Shatzman, founder of The Legal Accountability Project

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