C-SPAN's weekly program, America and the Courts, tonight will feature:
ON AMERICA & THE COURTS - Judicial IndependenceYou can watch it this evening on your C-SPAN channel at 7:00 p.m. EST/Indianapolis time, or access it via your computer thereafter, via this link.
Federal judges Sarah Evans Barker and Charles Clevert discuss judicial independence and the legislative branches. Professor Charles Geyh of Indiana University, Professor Roger Hartley of the University of Arizona, and Mary McQueen, Director of the National Center for State Courts, also participate in this National Association of Women Judges meeting.
[More] Judge Barker is now a member of the Hanover College Board of Trustees, according to this story in Hanover Today. Some quotes:
U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker has been elected to the Hanover College Board of Trustees. She will begin her term Oct. 16.Posted by Marcia Oddi at November 6, 2004 11:27 AMBarker was appointed district court judge in 1984. She served as chief judge of the southern district of Indiana from 1994 to 2000. She began her work with the southern district as assistant U.S. attorney in 1972. She was named first assistant attorney in 1976. Between 1977 and 1981, she was an associate and partner at Bose McKinney and Evans law firm in Indianapolis. She was appointed U.S. attorney for the southern district in 1981.