Recent News

The Council for Court Excellence has joined with six other organizations to sponsor a forum to publicize the upcoming election of DC’s Attorney General. The forum will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 6:00 to 7:30 pm in the Moot Court Room (Building 52, Room 518) at UDC’s David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Avenue, NW (near Yuma).

CCE's School Jury Education program had another successful run for the 2012-2013 school year. The program visited sixteen DC public and charter schools throughout the city reaching schools in all eight wards.

The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission is pleased to announce a public forum to meet and hear from Chief Judge Eric T. Washington, the sole candidate for redesignation as Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Earlier this month, following CCE News coverage of the Justice Potter Stewart Dinner, CCE was interviewed by Gloria Minott of WPFW on her daily radio show, Community Watch & Comment.

What a night! Thank you to all our guests who joined us for the 17th Annual Justice Potter Stewart Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 9.

CCE's Post-Arrest Report describes, for the first time, DC's unique post-arrest process and makes recommendations for its improvement.

Gordon Forester, an active CCE Board Director for over 20 years, passed away on March 23, 2013 after a long illness. The following reflection was written by Sam Harahan, Founding Executive Director (1982-2002), and Jim Mercurio, former CCE Vice President.

The D.C. Bar Nominations Committee recently announced the selection of candidates for the president-elect for the 2013-2014 term as well as other bar positions.

CCE mourns the passing of CCE Board Director Andy Stewart, Justice Potter Stewart's widow. Mrs. Stewart stands between former CCE President Ken Starr and former US Attorney General Janet Reno.

On February 14, CCE testified before DC Council performance hearings regarding the Office of Administrative Hearings and also the Office on Returning Citizen Affairs. On February 20, we testified before the Task Force on Restoration of Rights and Status After Conviction.

This group, chaired by David Zetoony of Bryan Cave LLP, meets monthly to share information about fraudulent legal advisers, or "notarios," operating in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia and to discuss strategies to governmental and private enforcement actions to stop their activities.

In this Report, we cover high-impact projects such as: CCE's popular report on Pedetrian Safety in the District; our new initiative convening a working group to combat Notario Fraud; four great presentations from our Bench-Bar-Media Dialogue series; the 2012 Stewart Dinner honoring Jack Keeney, Jr. and Jim Lyons; and more!