For example, as Chief Justice Durham has explained, the
Conference of Chief Justices advances the administration of justice in the states by promoting the vitality, independence, and effectiveness of state judicial systems, and by advocating for resources adequate to sustain the running of the state courts.
NORMAN VEASEY, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware; President of the
Conference of Chief Justices; Chair of the ABA Special Committee on the Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct ("Ethics 2000").
These efforts are part of a three-year $1 million strategic response to the call to action sounded by the
Conference of Chief Justices and supported by the State Justice Institute.
Recently at the
Conference of Chief Justices and Chief Ministers of India he commented on the conduct and working of the judiciary and the need for judicial reform.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is in the national capital to attend a
conference of Chief Justices of High Courts and Chief Ministers, is likely to meet the SP chief.
(6) In July 2010, Justice Durham listed the following as her current civic and community affiliations: Chair, Utah Judicial Council; Member, Board of Trustees, Duke University; Member, Council of the American Law Institute; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Member, ABA Council on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; Chair, Education and Program Committee,
Conference of Chief Justices; Chair, Utah Coalition for Civic, Character and Service Learning; Chair, Initiative on Utah Children in Foster Care.
Quereshi, Chairman Reception Committee of the 9th International
Conference of Chief Justices of the World, said that declaring war on terrorism is not a remedy for wiping out terrorism.
A similar provision that would apply only to claims based on Y2K defects brought vocal opposition from the Judicial Conference of the United States and the
Conference of Chief Justices.
In a joint venture with a subcommittee of the
Conference of Chief Justices, the Department of Justice has fashioned proposed changes to Model Rule 4.2 that would, inter alia, "grant all federal, state, and local government attorneys broad latitude to communicate with represented persons outside the presence of counsel." (Emphasis added.)[4] A vote on the proposed changes to Model Rule 4.2 was tabled at the August 2, 1998, annual meeting of the
Conference of Chief Justices, but is scheduled to be acted upon at the midyear meeting in January 1999.
South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson, president of the
Conference of Chief Justices and chair of the NCSC Board of Directors, called Leifman "a pioneer in the field who works in the trenches."
He had come to New Delhi to attend the
conference of chief justices.