President's Welcome

As President of American Judges Association I would like to extend to you a warm welcome, beinvenue, to our website. This past month in Las Vegas, Nevada, at our annual conference, I was installed as President for this coming year. We were truly represented by members from all corners of this North American continent...

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I am pleased to announce the launch of AJA’s redesigned website. Your AJA leadership, with a grant from the State Justice Institute, has worked with the National Center for State Courts to make our website a more useful and informative tool for members, the entire court community and the public. I believe we also have succeeded in making AJA’s website more visually attractive and user friendly. I especially want to thank Judge Brian MacKenzie, Judge Mike High, Chelsea Woodall of the National Center and the members of my Executive Committee for all their hard work in making this project such a success. — James F. McKay III, President, American Judges Association

AJA member John Conery attended a recent meeting of the National Center for State Courts Center for Elder Abuse and the Courts Advisory Committee in Williamsburg, Virginia. While at the meeting, he filmed the introduction to an online course on elder abuse that is being developed by the Center. The Advisory Committee also has developed talking points on its major projects, and published the results of a survey on guardianship issues.

As summer ends and the flu season begins, the NCSC provides a streaming media version of our new 15 minute DVD: COOP Planning: Maintaining the Rule of Law – Planning within an All-Hazards Context.