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Call for Nominations

October 01, 2025

2026 D.C. Bar Elections Now Open for Nominations

The D.C. Bar Nominations Committee is now accepting nominations from members wishing to be candidates in the 2026 D.C. Bar elections. The deadline for receipt of nominations is January 30, 2026.

Supreme Court

September 30, 2025

Supreme Court Watchers and Practitioners Brace for Another Consequential Year

By Jeremy Conrad

Approximately 150 in-person and virtual attendees joined the D.C. Bar CLE Program’s highly popular Supreme Court Review and Preview panel discussion on September 25, reflecting on key trends and statistics from the 2024–2025 term and examining the cases before the Court this term.

DC Superior Court

September 10, 2025

JNC Announces Superior Court Vacancies

The D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission (JNC) invites qualified individuals to apply for vacancies on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia resulting from the retirement of Judge Craig Iscoe, effective January 13, 2026, and Judge Kimberley S. Knowles, effective January 24, 2026.

D.C. Superior Court

August 06, 2025

Superior Court Senior Judges Long and Mize Seek Reappointment

The D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure is reviewing the qualifications and fitness of Judge Cheryl M. Long and Judge Gregory E. Mize, who are seeking reappointment for two-year terms as senior judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

D.C. Superior Court

July 28, 2025

JNC Recommends Three Candidates for Superior Court Vacancy

The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission has recommended to the president three candidates for a judicial vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia created by the retirement of Judge Heidi M. Pasichow. The president has 60 days to select a nominee to fill this vacancy.

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