CONTENTS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 | VOLUME 39, NO. 2 THE JUDICIAL ISSUE 05 Your Voice 06 From Our President 07 Calendar of Events 08 Practice Management 09 Toward Well-Being FEATURES 10 Justice Breyer Keeps the Faith in the Constitution 14 Vacancy Crisis at D.C. Courts 18 Insights From the Bench for Judicial Hopefuls 22 A Primer on the D.C. Judicial Nomination Process 24 Chief Judge Josey-Herring: Superior Court's Beacon Through Crisis 24 28 How to Advocate for a Child's Special Education Cover: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Diana Levine This page clockwise from top: Gavel stock, Alamy; Sandra Castañeda, Ethan Yusheng Tian; D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring, Patrice Gilbert Photography 32 Special Section 34 Member Spotlight 36 On Further Review 37 Newly Minted 38 Worth Reading 40 Speaking of Ethics 42 Disciplinary Summaries 45 Attorney Briefs 46 The Pro Bono Effect 48 A Slice of Wry 22 34