LAP board member Judge Douglas Nazarian of the Appellate Court of Maryland discusses how increasing available information about clerkships through LAP's Centralized Clerkships Database will improve and diversify clerkship hiring. Thanks to @Idsmedia for editing this video.
LAP's Centralized Clerkships Database democratizes information about judges as managers and clerkship experiences, vastly increasing the breadth and candor of information available to clerkship applicants and law schools. In this video, LAP demonstrates 3 sample post-clerkship surveys, highlighting the categories of information student database users can expect to find.
Judge Stephen Dillard of the Georgia Court of Appeals explains that The Legal Accountability Project's Centralized Clerkships Database will increase transparency in clerkship hiring and help aspiring clerks find a good fit and a positive working relationship. Transparency fosters better matching between judges and clerks and creates a competitive market advantage for judges.
LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman updates supporters on LAP's progress and explains why you should give to LAP on Giving Tuesday. We can do more if we raise more, and LAP is the only nonprofit working full time to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not.
LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman explains why she founded the nonprofit - to correct injustices she personally experienced as a law student and law clerk, and to ensure that future clerks won't endure experiences like hers - in advance of Giving Tuesday.
LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman explains why LAP’s Centralized Clerkships Database, innovative legal technology that democratizes information about judges, is the best solution to the lack of transparency, diversity, and accountability in judicial clerkships and the judiciary.
LAP's Centralized Clerkships Database democratizes information about judges as managers and clerkship experiences. This video showcases the Database's advanced search functionality - judge's name, state, court, law school, race, gender, active/senior status, and appointing president/governor (if applicable). This initiative vastly increases the breadth and candor of clerkship information accessible to law students and law schools.
LAP President and Founder Aliza Shatzman JD ‘19 and LAP board member Coach Weinhaus JD ‘19 pitch LAP’s Centralized Clerkships Database, innovative legal technology that democratizes information about judges, for WashU’s Skandalaris Venture Fund (SVC) competition.
While some law schools place a greater emphasis on clerkship advising, LAP’s Clerkships Database makes clerkship information accessible to everyone, regardless of law school affiliation.
LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman discusses the lack of culturally informed clerkship advising in law schools, and how increased judicial transparency would address this issue.
LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman discusses the importance of judiciary engagement with LAP.
On June 1, 2023, the 1-year anniversary of The Legal Accountability Project's launch, LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman reflects on LAP's progress over the past year.
The Legal Accountability Project's President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman, explains the backstory and mission behind LAP and why she advocates for law clerks.
The Legal Accountability Project’s President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman, discusses the Judiciary Accountability Act, legislation that would extend anti-discrimination protections to judiciary employees, at Penn Law on 11/10/22.
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Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, explains LAP’s Clerkships Database as a critical technology that enables law clerks to “do their research” in advance of clerkships, at Penn Law on 11/10/22.
To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses judiciary support for LAP at Harvard Law School, 10-20-2022.
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Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses barriers to coming forward at the Harvard Law School, 10/20/2022.
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Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses her article with the Harvard Journal on Legislation, "The Conservative Case for the Judiciary Accountability Act,” at Harvard Law School, 10/20/2022. To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman discusses the importance of sharing negative clerkship experiences at Boston University School of Law on 10/19/22.
The Legal Accountability Project's President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman, discusses one of LAP's goals: to empower law students to demand increased transparency and equity in the clerkship application process, at BU Law on 10/19/22.
To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
Aliza Shatzman speaks with Emily Witt from The Advocate’s Mic.
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses LAP’s Clerkships Database data privacy and security features at UVA Law, 10/6/2022. To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
At Washington & Lee Law, LAP President and Founder Aliza Shatzman explains the premium that the legal community places on judicial clerkships.
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses the lack of diversity in the clerkship applicant pool and judicial chambers, and larger implications for the legal profession, at Washington and Lee Law, 10/6/2022. To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
The Legal Accountability Project’s President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman, discusses why mistreatment during clerkships is rarely discussed, at Washington and Lee Law on 10/6/22.
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At George Mason Law, LAP's President and Founder Aliza Shatzman describes her negative clerkship experience and the harm of uniformly positive messaging around clerkships.
Aliza Shatzman, The Legal Accountability Project's President and Founder, discusses the pervasiveness of problematic behaviors within the judiciary at GMU Law on 10/5/22.
Aliza Shatzman, The Legal Accountability Project’s President and Founder, discusses options for law clerks experiencing mistreatment, at GMU Law on 10/5/2022.
To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses law school and judiciary response to the non-profit's initiatives. To support our work, please visit legalaccountabilityproject.org.
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, shares her personal experience with harassment and retaliation during and after her clerkship at Cornell Law School on 9/8/2022. To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses the Judiciary Accountability Act at Cornell Law School on 9/8/22.
To support our work, please visit: legalaccountabilityproject.org
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, explains what you can do to help our efforts to reduce harassment and discrimination in the courts. You can support our work at: legalaccountabilityproject.org.
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of
The Legal Accountability Project, discusses the organization's upcoming fall programming at law schools and legal organizations across the country. You can support our work at: legalaccountabilityproject.org
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, explains why clerkships are important and what makes judicial workspaces particularly conducive to harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. You can support our work at: legalaccountabilityproject.org. Contact us: info@legalaccountabilityproject.org.
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, tells her story about harassment and retaliation by a judge during her clerkship...
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Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, speaks with Anna Kain from The Purple Campaign.
