Judge Esther Salas explains in clear accessible ways how ordinary citizens' protection is at risk when judges are under attack.
"Without an independent judiciary, you don’t stand a chance if your adversary is stronger, more powerful, more rich than you. You don’t stand a chance in the courtroom"
"There are people in the judiciary who are afraid that judicial security for the lower courts and politics are getting played off each other, and no one wants to be in that position,” says Jeremy Fogel, executive director of @bji.bsky.social https://wapo.st/43SvbUQ #BerkeleyLaw @washingtonpost.com
@bji.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in this article about judicial security: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Please join @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Civil Justice Research Initiative and @bji.bsky.social (virtually) on Dec 5, 1 PT for “Judges Standing Up for the Rule of Law.”
The program is open to the public and will be recorded. For more:
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“Disclosing can mitigate the appearance of impropriety. I think people ought to disclose. That’s what I would have done,” Jeremy Fogel, executive director of @bji.bsky.social and former federal judge told @propublica.org: bit.ly/4oKBwJP #UCBerkeleyLaw
Listen: Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.), executive director of Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social joins the Lawfare Daily podcast to talk about how courts are handling the enormous stress being put on the legal system: https://bit.ly/4nB3NCs #UCBerkeleyLaw
Jeremy Fogel, executive director of Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social and a former federal trial judge in California, spoke to @bloomberglaw.com about increasing the focus on judicial well-being and mental health. https://bit.ly/46OQWFM
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Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute @bji.bsky.social, weighs in on the attacks on the judiciary.
https://bit.ly/4pxWb5c
On Aug 15, @bji.bsky.social hosted a book event for Debt's Grip. Judge Erithe Smith led a discussion about the book with me and my co-authors, @boblawless.bsky.social and Debb Thorne. We talked about themes and presented some key data. Recording now available! www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
📣Calling all Judges 📣
📣Calling all Judges📣
@BklyJudicial announces a virtual five-part fall series for judges, Cultivating Healing and Health in the Judiciary, designed and led by Professor Michele Statz. Applications are due August 15.
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📣Calling all Judges📣
Please join @bji.bsky.social on F, June 20, noon PT, for UNDER PRESSURE. Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) talks to psychiatrist Dr. Katharine Weymouth about the pressures judges experience. To register and submit questions:
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Judges, please share w/colleagues.
As Trump lashes out at federal judges there’s a renewed concern about the personal safety of judges. Our @pbsnews.org
conversation tonight with Jeremy Fogel from @bji.bsky.social @geoffrbennett.bsky.social
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Join @bji.bsky.social on Zoom today (Friday 5/9) at noon (PT) for a conversation with Judge Brett Alldredge (ret.) and @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. @rachelbarkow.bsky.social about Barkow’s new book, Justice Abandoned www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bji...
Tomorrow, May 9, noon PT (3 ET) please join us as Judge Brett Alldredge talks to @nyulaw.bsky.social’s Rachel Barkow about her book, JUSTICE ABANDONED.
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If you haven’t checked out the @bji.bksy.social event page lately, please visit:
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Some great things are already there, and more are in the works….
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No judge in the nation's history has been removed "because of dissatisfaction with his or her rulings," says @bji.bsky.social's Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.). www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g... via carriejohnson.bsky.social @npr.org
“It’s unfortunate that in today’s hyper-partisan atmosphere, she gets so little credit for doing exactly what judges are supposed to do.”
….of any group, including those that may have supported their appointment,” he said.
Criticism is fair, Fogel added, but it’s “it’s equally inappropriate to vilify them personally simply because they don’t adhere to political orthodoxy in every case.”
Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge in California, said judges bring to the bench their different life experiences and philosophies that affect how they do their job.
“But it’s inappropriate to expect them to decide cases based on the political preferences — right, left or center —…
@bji.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in Ann Marimow’s Washington Post article, Justice Amy Coney Barrett ignites anger on the right after ruling against Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
From the article:
Please join @bji.bsky.social for JUDGES & the PRESS: the SDNY experience April 25, noon PT. AO’s Charlie Hall talks to Judge Jennifer Rochon, SDNY District Executive Ed Friedland, ABC’s Aaron Katersky and NY Times’ Ben Weiser.
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From the article:
Even before Mr. Trump’s first-term appointments, the court was beginning to shed its identity as a bastion of liberal jurisprudence, according to Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge who served in the Northern District of California.
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@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in NYT article, Why Trump’s Second-Term Agenda Could Hinge on the Court He Hates the Most
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Here, there’s no question that the ethical issues surrounding the two justices have affected public confidence in the judiciary generally, and the commission apparently saw a need to acknowledge that."
…to avoid political controversy; they tend to be very measured in their public comments, with a goal both of providing useful guidance to judges and of assuring the public that they take their responsibilities seriously…..
From the article:
"I think that the commission’s statement is extraordinary," said Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal trial judge and executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute. "Typically, state judicial performance organizations seek to….
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@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social’s Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.) is quoted in Colorado Gazette article, Judicial discipline commission compares SCOTUS ethical lapses to state judges’ disclosure violations.
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…..are prohibited, and even if the subject matter is distinct, appearances can be problematic,” Fogel wrote in an email.
Fogel, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, declined to say whether Alito should recuse himself from Trump’s case.
From the article:
Jeremy Fogel, executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute and a former federal judge, also said the call raised red flags.
“Contemporaneous out-of-court communications between a party to a legal proceeding and a judge or Justice presiding over that proceeding generally….
