New Hampshire Chief Justice John Broderick will receive the Institute's 2009 Transparent Courthouse® Award for
his work to create an efficient and transparent judiciary. Chief Justice Broderick has championed judicial performance evaluation, sounded the alarm over the recession's impact on justice, and raised awareness of the need for accessible legal services for all Americans. To learn more about Chief Justice Broderick, please click here.
Each fall, the Transparent Courthouse® Award is presented to an individual, organization or court that has demonstrated a commitment to and concrete progress toward making the civil justice system more transparent, accountable or
affordable. For more information about previous honorees, including inaugural recipient U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.), please click here.
On June 8th, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Caperton v. Massey, a case that has put the debate over how we choose our judges center stage. The decision appears to recognize that money in judicial elections matters. In a 5-4 decision, the majority concluded that judges must recuse themselves from cases involving large campaign contributors. Americans have increasingly become concerned about potential judicial bias stemming from campaign contributions. Now, the court has also acknowledged it. 
