Two Human Resource executives and author of three books on workplace topics testify and answer questions from committee members. The hearing is about 90 minutes. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. In is cultivating diversity, improving retention with Congressional Staff. I recognize myself for five minutes for opening statement. One of the main ways in which we retain staff is by having it be 90 degrees in here. My apologies to each of you. Well be distributing fans to the entire audience. Today were going to talk about whats the backbone of this institution, the Congressional Staff that work here. I think i speak for all of us and those yet to come when i say we couldnt do our jobs without teams of people that work for us. Anytime i get a compliment where someone says nice job on this or that, my response is always i have a good team and i feel lucky for that. Theyre dedicated Public Servants that a
Why it is important. Former judges from the colorado and indiana supreme courts joint and Indiana University law school per hazard to discuss the future of law schools. This panel was part of the seventh Circuit Bar Association annual meeting, about an hour and 20 minutes. For makingand thanks time on the program for this conversation about the future of our profession. As brian welch said, i am randy shepherd. I ended up spending is my life as chief justice of the indiana supreme court. I now sit doing Senior Service in our intermediate court, and i have an appointment over at the Indiana University school of law. Corliss,ht is rebecca who after a career as a trial judge an entire practice, spent more than a decade on the colorado supreme court. She left there perhaps 10 or 11 years ago to be the founding of the institute for the advancement of the american legal system. She does all sorts of research and programmatic work on the improvement of courts and the improvement of Legal Educ
Schools at the seventh Circuit Bar Association annual meeting in indianapolis. It runs about one hour 15 minutes. [applause] thanks for making time on the program for this conversation about the future of our profession. As brian said i am randy and i spent most of my adult life as chief justice of the spring court and i now do Senior Service and are in a mediator court and i have an appointment over the Indiana School of law. To my right is rebecca who after a career as a trial judge and a practice into more than a decade on the Colorado Supreme Court she left there ten or 11 years ago to be the founding director of the institute for the advancement of the american legal system. She does all sorts of research and work on the improvement of courts and the improvement of Legal Education of the Legal Profession. Then Professor William henderson is certainly a man the circuit, if there ever was one. His Legal Education at the university of chicago became a clerk at the seventh circuit and
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Colorado Supreme Court. She left there perhaps 10 or 11 years ago to be the founding director of the institute for the advancement of the american legal system. She does all sorts of research and programmatic work on the improvement of the court and the improvements of Legal Education in the legal profession. And then, profess them Professor William henderson, after his Legal Education at the university of chicago became a clerk at the seventh circuit, but happily has spent his recent career at the Indiana University school of law and id say theres nobody whos done more intriguing work about the future of our profession than bill and becky kourlis. I will begin by setting the stage. There are many things about moderate Legal Education that we as lawyers know a little about, but not necessarily know about in detail. They provide considerable foundation for evaluating the current state of law schools both now and in the future. Now, you could actually describe recent developments by usin