 Seventy-two judges from throughout the nation will participate in the 2021 National Finals. To a large extent, the quality of the National Finals depends upon the expertise and demeanor of the judges.  Judges (listed alphabetically) Robert Allison, Professor of History, Suffolk University, East Boston Petra Alsoofy, Outreach and Partnerships Manager, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Melvindale MI Barry Anderson, Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court Michael Anderson, Director of Native American Education, Walker Hackensack Akeley Schools, Walker, MN Susan Arnett, Deputy Public Defender (ret), Univ. of Hawaii (lecturer in law), Honolulu, Hawaii Sean Arthurs, Director of Global Education and Training, EarthRights International, Alexandria, VA Jack Barlow, Charles A. Dana Professor of Politics, Juniata College Scott Barnhart, Chair of the Board, Indiana Bar Foundation Jay Barth, M.E. & Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of Politics, Emeritus, Hendrix College Lester Brooks, Professor of History, Anne Arundel Community College Jocelyn Broman, Legislative Assistant, U.S. House of Representatives, Arlington, VA Henry Chambers, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia Augustus Chin, Municipal Judge - Holladay, City of Holladay LaJuana Davis, Professor of Law, Samford University Cumberland Law School, Birmingham John DeLoache, Sr. Staff Attorney, SC Assoc. of Counties, COLUMBIA Robert Dion, Professor of Political Science, University of Evansville, Evansville Michael DiPierro, Director of Standards, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida Lindsey Draper, Circuit Court Commissioner (Ret.), Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Nicholas Drummond, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Black Hills State University, Spearfish Chuck Dunlap, President & CEO, Indiana Bar Foundation Zach Eastburn, Attorney, Quarles and Brady LLP, Madison, WI Tim Eigo, Editor, State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona Francene Engel, Constitutional Scholar and Lecturer of Political Science, Maryland Council for Civic and History Education Susan Firestone, Retired Patent Attorney, Allen County Bar Foundation, Fort Wayne, Indiana Anitere Flores, Senator, State Senator, Florida (2010-2020), Miami, FL Kevin Fox, Teacher, CCE Consultant, Arcadia CA Stephen Frantzich, Dr., U.S. Naval Academy (retired), Gambrills Maria E. Garnett, Policy Advisor, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, Richmond, VA Jamie Gass, Director, Center for School Reform, Pioneer Institute, Boston Evan Gessner, Attorney, Davis Frawley, LLC, Lexington Benjamin Glickman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice Matthew Gutwein, Retired President and CEO of the Health and Hospital Corporation, Indianapolis Doreen Hartwell, Attorney, Nevada Center for Civic Education Charles Hinderliter, Director of Government Affairs, St. Louis REALTORS®, St. Louis, MO Marcia Holland, Adjunct Professor, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana David Hudson, First Amendment Fellow, Freedom Forum Institute, Nashville, Tennessee Timothy Isaacs, Executive Director, The center for Teaching the Rule of Law Stephen Jewett, County Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Winter Park, Florida Caitlin Johnston, SVP, Associate General Counsel, Peloton Interactive Darcy Kern, Professor of History, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut Ali Khan, Attorney, The Law Offices of Ali Khan, Park Ridge Erin Lagesen, Presiding Judge, Department Three, Oregon Court of Appeals Susan Leeson, Senior justice, Oregon Supreme Court Richard Leiter, Professor of Law & Director of the Schmid Law Library, University of Nebraska College of Law Andrew Levy, Partner, Brown Goldstein Levy LLP, Baltimore, MD Steve Lindly, Retired criminal justice system administrator, State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY Kurt Mabis, Attorney, United States Air Force Thomas Mackey, Professor of History, University of Louisville Tandy McConnell, Teacher, Richland II School District, Columbia, SC Reta McKannan, Attorney, Reta A McKannan, Esq. Mariam Memarsadeghi, International Democracy Advocate, (independent) Mike Miles, County Official, Jefferson County, Al Anthony Miller, Senior Software Engineer, Apollo GraphQL, Las Vegas, NV Karen Milton, Executive Deputy Inspector General/Chief of Staff, Office of the MTA Inspector General, New York Tim Moore, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of the American Constitution Edmund Murphy, Judge, Pierce County Superior Court, Tacoma Tim Murphy, Senior Associate Director, Master of Liberal Arts Program, The University of Chicago Diana Owen, Professor, Georgetown University, Chevy Chase, Maryland Edward Philpot, Attorney, Edward D. Philpot, Jr. PLLC, Laconia Liza Prendergast, Vice President, Strategy and Technical Leadership, Democracy International Beth Ratway, Senior Technical Assistance Consultant, American Institutes for Research, Merton, WI Donald Rogers, Ph. D., Adjunct Lecturer in History (Retired), Central Connecticut State University Molly Russell, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of West Virginia, Morgantown Julie Silverbrook, Senior Director of Partnerships and Constitutional Scholar in Residence, iCivics Mark Simons, Attorney, Partner Candida Steel, Judge, US Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, Judge, retired Murray Snow, Chief Judge, United States District Court for Arizona, United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Tempe, Arizona Rebecca Steinhoff, Executive Director, John P. Ellbogen Foundation, Casper, WY Joseph Stewart, Jr., Professor of Political Science, Clemson University Daniel Taubman, Senior Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals Tom Tinder, Executive Director, West Virginia Bar Foundation Edward Volpe, Attorney, Edward L. Volpe, P. C. Thomas Vontz, Professor of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Tammy Waller, Director for K-12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education Daniel Wong, Member, CCE National Board of Directors, Center for Civic Education Myron Yoder, M.Ed, Chairman Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Practices Commission, Pennsylvania State Commission Anne Zinkin, Senior and Supervisory Law Clerk, New Hampshire Supreme Court, Concord, NH Judges' Resources
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2021 National Finals
Important Information
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- Division List
- Hearing Schedule (all times EST)
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