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VIA E)ORESS MAIL
November19,1998
Hon. HowardD. Stave
Chair,JudicialSelectionCommittee,
New York StateBar Assn.
108-18Queens
Blvd.
NY 11375
Queens,
DearMr. Stave:
Per our telephoneconversationyesterday,I am tansmitting to you herewitha copy
of the
transmittalmadeto theAssociationof theBar of the City of New york, aswell asthe
other
recipientsindicatedtherein. The coverletteris self-explanatory.
However,I will adda few
commentswhich I believeof specialinterestto your Committeein evaluatingthe information
andmaterialsI am supplyingto you.
As indicatedin our phoneconversation,
I myselfservedasa memberof the committee,of which
you arenow Chairman,andservedfor eightyears,froml972to 1980,the first
woman,asI was
thenadvised,appointedto the Committee.Suchappointrnent
was
made
following
publicationof
my article"JudicialSelectionPanels:An Exercisein Futility?",which waspublished
on the front
pageof the New York Law Journalon October 22, 1971. Acopy of the article
is enclosedfor
your convenience.I believeyou will agreethatmy commentsare:Ntimely
todayasthey were
whentheywere first publishedmore thm25 yearsago.
On a personallevel,it is alsoof notethatmy appointrnent
to the Committeecameaftermy own
nominationasa candidatefor a vacancyon theNew York Courtof Appealsin
l972and myself
havingbeeninterviewedby the StateBar's JudiciaryCommitteefo. tilut position
. The then
The Center for J,.dic
thedvstunction,politicizationandcomrptionorttt"
"totiJ-iooip*r-^""--l "iniad;l;;G;;;iauod oir.iptine
on federaf,
stateandlocal levels. Its missionis to 6nsurettratonly the;dtq;;irft;al'"*i"i.'u"i"#J,"#jr.r'uu'.
Juclges.
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Hon. Howard D. Stave
November19, 1998
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Chairman,Earl Evans,later informedme that the changein the Committeenirmewas a
recognitionof the importanceit attachedto my Law Joumalarticle,andmarkeda changein
emphasiswith respectto the Committee'simportantfunctions.
The carefullycompiled,extremelyseriousandshockingdocumentary
transmittalnow sentto
you is consistentwith that intendednewdirectionfor the StateBar's JudicialSelection
Committee,so that it canbe morethana "rubber-stamp"for the Governorin choosingthe one
candidateout of the sevenrecommended
by the Commissionon JudicialNomination,who will
soonbe appointedto serveon our state'shighestcourt.
A copy ofmyMartindale-Hubbell'scredentialsastheywerelastlistedin the l9g9 edition
and a
few otherpersonalitemsarealsoenclosed,indicativeof theuniquework beingdoneby the
Centerin its ongoing,arduouspro bonoeffortsto uplift ourjustice system.
Needlessto say,I would be availablefor telephoneor personalinterrogationby your Committee
aboutany aspectof thetransmittedmaterials.
Very truly yours,
Centerfor JudicialAccountability,Inc.
TheCenterfor JudicialAccountabili
thedvstunction,politicizationandcomrptionortn" "ror;d$;;;'.;;;A
rij,ia-;l ;;d;'"i
stateandlocal levels. Its missionis to insurethatonly the;o;td;itrt;iil*t;;;;;;;?remain,
u??'air"iprioeon federaf,
judges.
NumUurk wm
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N]rllv YOnI(, rnIDAY, OCTOIEIT,
22, 1971
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