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Judith M. Anderson: 2022 Karen Thorson Award Recipient
The 2021-2022 National Association of State Judicial Educators’ Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2021 recipient of the Karen Thorson Award.
By unanimous vote, Judith M. Anderson is our 2022 Karen Thorson Awardee.
Judith M. Anderson As you know, NASJE’s Karen Thorson Award recognizes a career judicial educator who has made significant contributions to NASJE and judicial branch education overall. Judith has been an integral part of NASJE since 1984, serving on the NASJE Board as Western Regional Director, Secretary, Vice- President and was our President in 2010-2011. She was instrumental in working on the NASJE curricula and helped secure the State Justice Institute grant that funded that project. Judith served on various NASJE committees, special projects and chaired the membership committee for many years. Currently she serves on the fundraising committee and the Education and Curriculum committee.
Judith has been a judicial branch educator since 1984. She supervises the Administrative Office of the Courts Court Education Services team as they develop education and training programming and curricula for judicial officers, administrators, county clerks and line-staff. Washington is also currently developing a Learning Management System and growing their online education and training. She works with the Board for Judicial Administration’s Court Education Committee, the Annual Conference Committee, and the Juvenile Court Administrators. Judith also works with the Judicial Assistance Services Program (JASP), a group of peer counselors who are trained to prevent or alleviate problems before they jeopardize a judicial officer’s career.
In 2014, Judith published an article introducing the then-new NASJE curriculum:
NASJE President Todd Brower presents the award to Ms. Anderson at the 2022 conference As a seasoned judicial branch educator (since 1984), I feel like the career I have lived and currently pursue was taken and put down on paper. This curriculum, though lengthy, gets at the heart and soul of what we do every day in our role as judicial branch educators, no matter if one is new to the role or has been around as long as I have. […] If someone asks me today what a judicial branch educator does, I have an enormous number of resources from which to pull my answer. I am waiting for the chance to hand the soon-to-be three extensive publications to someone and say “This is what I do!” The rest of the iceberg has been revealed.
Congratulations Judith!
A formal presentation of this award will be given at the 2022 Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA.
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From the President: Summer 2022
Hello, NASJE friends and colleagues,
NASJE President
Todd BrowerI hope you all are having a good start to the summer! Happy Fourth of July, and a belated Happy Memorial Day and Juneteenth!
As you may have already noticed, registration for the New Orleans conference – “Judicial Education and All That Jazz!” – is now open. The current conference schedule and program, hotel info, and other data is available on the NASJE website’s conference page. This year, we will be able to pay conference fees through NASJE’s secure payment portal online, too. Regular registration has already begun; late registration (+$50) will start on September 1st. Information on scholarships to attend the conference is also available at the same registration link. I am very excited about the conference programming and social events – and of course to be able to see everyone in New Orleans, October 23-26.
Those of us whose memberships are up in the second half of the year will be receiving an invoice for prorated dues for the balance of 2022. As I mentioned last month, NASJE has moved to an organization-wide, annual membership renewal/start date of January 1. We can also pay our dues online via the NASJE payment portal.
As we all are aware, judicial education and NASJE are changing to meet new challenges inside and outside the profession. We are all in this together and need your help shape the direction of the organization. On August 8th, the Board will be holding a conversation/webinar on the various ways in which members can get onto the pipeline for Board and committee chair positions. Please join us and let’s start this process together. More specifics including the webinar link will be on the NASJE website at the Hub page.
Finally, I have the very great honor of announcing that the Board has selected Judith Anderson (WA) as the 2022 Karen Thorson Award recipient. More information both about the award and Judith will be forthcoming, but we wanted to share this important news early.
As usual, I’ve gone on too long. But please feel free to connect with me via email: brower@law.ucla.edu.
Best,
Todd