Resource Kit on Fair and Impartial Courts
The Least Understood Branch (LUB) project is a joint effort of the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and the Judicial Division, with the League of Women Voters (LWV), Justice at Stake (JAS), and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) as participating entities. The LUB project focuses on partnering with state and local bar associations to carry the message of the importance of fair and impartial courts in our democracy to every possible venue in their communities.
The LUB project has developed the below materials which include sample editorials, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor, and a message platform on the importance of "fair and impartial courts" to our democratic society. LUB also produced the recently-released DVD, Protecting Our Rights, Protecting Our Courts, and has prepared a pamphlet titled Countering the Critics as an aid to speakers in this area as well as a guide on responding to potentially hostile or critical questions. LUB is in the process of providing state and local bar associations with training in delivering these messages.
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Sample Op-Ed
Sample Letter to the Editor
Message Platform on a Fair and Impartial Judiciary
Judicial Independence Quotes from Key Columns
Judicial Independence Quotes from Key Editorials
Responses of Bar Leaders To Threats to Judicial Independence
Sample Resolution for State and Local Governments
Countering the Critics Pamphlet I
Countering the Critics Pamphlet II
Sample Speeches
ABA President Robert J. Grey Jr.
Address to Columbus Metropolitan Club
Address to State Bar of South Dakota
Law Day Speech
Address to Ohio State Bar Association
