Notice of Appeal

Upcoming Events of Interest

Upcoming events you may be interested in:

September 27 at 12:30 at Georgia State's School of Law: Kermit Roosevelt comes to talk about his new book, the Myth of Judicial Activism, and to sign copies of his books. Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by the Georgia Lawyer Chapter and the GSU Student Chapter of the American Constitution Society. For more information email Georgia@acslaw.org. (Look for another ACS event in October featuring speakers on judicial independence as well.)

Friday October 6, at the Georgia Aquarium: Georgia Court of Appeals gala Centennial Celebration. Deadline to register is September 15. For more information about the Court's Centennial events, including links to the online registration for the dinner, see the court's website.

Thursday-Friday, October 26-27, at the State Bar headquarters: The Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute, featuring Justice Clarence Thomas as the keynote speaker. 9.5 CLE hours of expert advice and instruction on appellate practice in the 11th Circuit.  See iclega.org for online registration information.

Oh docket, where art thou?

While we're on the topic of the Georgia Supreme Court clerk, we note with sadness Ms. Welch's notice on the Court's website that the docket system is not working. We anxiously await the return of the online docket so that we can return to obsessively checking it for news in our cases.

UPDATE: As of June 8, 2006, the docket system is back online.

Sherie Welch to Retire

Sherie Welch, longtime clerk of the Georgia Supreme Court, is set to retire July 31, 2006, after 31 years with the Court. While the announcement of her retirement was made in April, the Supreme Court only more recently announced that it was seeking to fill a vacancy. Would-be clerks can view the job description here.

Amazingly, she is only the eighth clerk to have served the Court since 1846.