Honoring The People Who Make Legal Run Better
Aliza Shatzman and LAP were honored to win two awards at the 2024 American Legal Technology Awards, in both the Individual and Court categories.
Notre Dame Law School’s growing influence on the Supreme Court
Aliza Shatzman spoke with NBC News' Lawrence Hurley about Notre Dame Law School's increasing influence over the Supreme Court through its clerkship advising and relationships with judges and justices.
Federal Judges Walk Ethics Tightrope With Clerk Boycotts
The Columbia clerks boycott “is a public example of what judges were already doing,” Aliza Shatzman told Law360. And “it could worsen inequities that already exist in clerkship hiring.”
Q & A with Aliza Shatzman, founder of The Legal Accountability Project
Aliza Shatzman spoke with Zia Saylor from Jewish Women’s Archive about the experiences that inspired her to launch LAP to correct injustices she experienced as a law student and law clerk.
Misconduct Findings Against Judge Prompt Clerk Safety Questions
“Clerks working in smaller legal communities like Anchorage can also be more susceptible to unsafe workplaces,” Aliza Shatzman told Bloomberg Law. “There are very few judges, which means there are very few safe places to go to report mistreatment.”
Democratic lawmakers say Alaska judge's misconduct shows need for reforms
“The judiciary cannot and should not self-police,” Aliza Shatzman told Reuters’ Nate Raymond following former Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation.
Judge Newman Faces More Hurdles In Bid To End Suspension
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman’s lawsuit against her colleagues. Then, the Judicial Council called for a second year’s suspension due to Newman’s “ongoing misconduct.”
Alaska Senators Condemn District Judge After Resignation
“More sweeping reforms and real accountability are still desperately needed” following Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation, Aliza Shatzman told Law360’s Courtney Buble.
Alaska federal judge resigns after investigators say he created a hostile workplace
It's not surprising that appalling abuse continues unabated in the federal judiciary, considering the lack of guardrails to prevent it, Aliza Shatzman told NPR’s Carrie Johnson following Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation.
Federal Judge in Alaska Resigns Amid Accusations of Sexual Harassment
Sweeping reform and real accountability are desperately needed, Aliza Shatzman told The New York Times, in the wake of former Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation following a Judicial Council investigation into sexual misconduct allegations.
Standards Are Murky As Legal Employers Vet Protesters
“This ‘clearly unserious’ decision [by 13 federal judges boycotting Columbia clerks] highlights a larger problem in law clerk hiring. These judges are merely ‘saying the quiet part out loud,’ since hashtag#clerkship hiring is already ‘overwhelmingly focused on who judges want to hang out with,’ Aliza Shatzman told Law360’s Cara Bayles for this piece about the legal industry implications of this school year’s student protests.
Meet the lawyer who’s trying to flag judges who harass their clerks (NPR)
“The judiciary needs some more people to poke at them,” Aliza Shatzman told NPR’s Carrie Johnson. “Far too many judges mistreat their clerks, and they should be held accountable.”
Victims of harassment by federal judges often find the judiciary is above the law
Aliza Shatzman spoke with NPR’s Carrie Johnson about why judiciary workplace misconduct policies are ineffective, and what needs to change.
THE UNEVEN IMPACT OF MISTREATMENT ON LAW CLERKS
Professor Jade Craig reviewed LAP President Aliza Shatzman’s Columbia Law Review article, “The Clerkships Whisper Network: What It Is, Why It’s Broken, and How To Fix It,” for Jotwell.
Law clerks rate judges as bosses in newly launched database
LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with Reuters for our first press hit since the official launch of LAP’s first-of-its-kind Centralized Clerkships Database.
New review database takes aim at some of the most protected bosses in America: state and federal judges.
LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with Business Insider about the launch of LAP’s first-of-its-kind Centralized Clerkships Database, an unprecedented step to ensure transparency, equity, and accountability in judicial clerkships and the judiciary.
Clerk Database Founder On Cruel Judges, Law School Inertia
LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with Law360's Cara Bayles in advance of LAP's clerkships database launch about LAP’s initiative to democratize information about judges by providing clerks with honest information about judges as managers. In March 2024, LAP will launch our Centralized Clerkships Database for the first cohort of student users.
Leader Of Legal Accountability Project To Launch Database That Lets Clerks Rate Judges
Above the Law lauded LAP’s unprecedented step to democratize judicial clerkship information.
New website will let law clerks judge their judges
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of LAP, spoke with The Washington Post about LAP’s unprecedented step to ensure transparency, accountability, and equity in clerkship hiring by democratizing clerkship information. In March 2024, LAP will launch our Centralized Clerkships Database for the first cohort of student users.
Judge Clerkship Database to Launch With Hundreds of Testimonials
Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of LAP, spoke with Bloomberg Law about LAP’s unprecedented step to ensure transparency, accountability, and equity in clerkship hiring by democratizing clerkship information. In March 2024, LAP will launch our Centralized Clerkships Database for the first cohort of student users.