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The Great BattlefieldA Glassdoor for Judges with Aliza Shatzman of The Legal Accountability ProjectAliza Shatzman joins The Great Battlefield podcast to share her story of clerking for the D.C. Superior Court that led her to founding The Legal Accountability Project, where she works to improve the experience of law clerks and hold judges accountable for their actions.
2025-06-061h 19
So Much To Say: A Legal Podcast For PeopleRedefining Clerkships: A Call for Accountability (with President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman)This episode, Megan & Jennifer are joined by Aliza Shatzman, where she talks about the long-standing issues clerks have faced and how her team at The Legal Accountability Project is working to change that. Aliza Shatzman is the President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, which works to ensure positive clerkship experiences and support those who face challenges. Aliza graduated from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2019, aspiring to be a homicide prosecutor. She clerked in D.C. Superior Court for trial experience and insight into judicial decision-making. Law schools promote clerkships as prestigious, m...
2025-04-1054 min
Lawyers Behaving BadlyThe Kindred EpisodeAliza Shatzman, Founder and President of the Legal Accountability Project, joins us to discuss former Judge Joshua Kindred and the abuse of federal judiciary workers.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.Links referenced in the episode:The Legal Accountability ProjectThe Legal Accountability Project Clerkships DatabaseRecent NPR coverage regarding abuse of federal judiciary workers.NPR podcast interviewing the woman who reported Kindred's harassment.Buy Lawyers Behaving Badly Merch!Music by Def Lev.
2025-03-271h 16
LawDroid Manifesto PodcastThe Accountability Warrior: Aliza ShatzmanHey there Legal Rebels! đIâm excited to share with you the seventh episode of the 2025 season of the LawDroid Manifesto podcast, where I will be continuing to interview key legal innovators to learn how they do what they do. I think youâre going to enjoy this one!If you want to understand how power imbalances and lack of workplace protections in the judiciary harm young lawyers, and how technology can drive accountability in traditionally opaque institutions, you need to listen to this episode. Aliza Shatzman has transformed the clerkship landscape through an innovative legal t...
2025-02-2456 min
Zone of RiskFedSoc Kerfuffle and Clerkship TransparencyAliza Shatzman joined Robert on this episode. Aliza is the President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project. The Projectâs mission is to "ensure law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not." Aliza shared her experience as a law clerk and explained the Projectâs great resources for future law clerks. She and Robert also discussed the kerfuffle at a recent federalist society event where two judges from the Fifth Circuit and Professor Steve Vladeck went a few rounds on judicial independence.Follow Aliza on LinkedIn. Watch the FedS...
2024-12-1744 min
The Welcome Table with Max GastonProtecting Law Clerks from HarassmentJudicial clerkships are typically characterized as an unadulterated goodâlifelong mentor-mentee relationships between judges and law clerks that confer professional benefits. But little information exists to help law students identify positive work environments and avoid judges who mistreat their clerks.At the Legal Accountability Project, Aliza Shatzman works to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, and to provide resources to those who do not. In this conversation, Aliza describes her personal experiences with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former DC Judge. Aliza also explains how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does no...
2024-12-0253 min
Lawyers in the Making PodcastE91: Matt Preston Chief Financial Officer at The Legal Accountability ProjectMatt is a University of Michigan Law School Graduate and currently works as the Chief Financial Officer at the Legal Accountability Project and as a Judicial Law Clerk at the US Court of Appeals. In this episode, Matt takes us on a gripping ride through his evolution from military veteran to law student, sharing unforgettable stories that span the battlefield and the classroom.We kick things off not in law school but in the skies, tracing Mattâs career in the Air Force and his transition into the military, including a deployment to Afghanistan. His vivid recounting of...
2024-10-231h 31
Legal Talk Network - Law News and Legal Topics#525: Judicial Clerkship Truths Revealed, with Aliza ShatzmanUncover the shocking truth about judicial clerkships in this eye-opening episode of the Lawyerist Podcast. Today, Stephanie sits down with Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project, to discuss the crucial need for transparency and accountability within the judiciary. Aliza shares her personal journey through a challenging clerkship experience, highlighting the lack of Title VII protections for law clerks and the systemic issues plaguing judicial clerkships. Discover how the Legal Accountability Project's centralized clerkship database empowers clerks and enhances judicial transparency.   Links from the episode:âŻÂ Visit L...
2024-10-0337 min
Lawyerist Podcast#525: Judicial Clerkship Truths Revealed, with Aliza ShatzmanUncover the shocking truth about judicial clerkships in this eye-opening episode of the Lawyerist Podcast. Today, Stephanie sits down with Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project, to discuss the crucial need for transparency and accountability within the judiciary. Aliza shares her personal journey through a challenging clerkship experience, highlighting the lack of Title VII protections for law clerks and the systemic issues plaguing judicial clerkships. Discover how the Legal Accountability Project's centralized clerkship database empowers clerks and enhances judicial transparency.   Links from the episode:âŻÂ Visit L...
2024-10-0337 min
Lawyers in the Making PodcastE69: Aliza Shatzman President and Founder of the Legal Accountability ProjectAliza is a Washington Univesrity of St. Louis School of Law and currently works as the President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project. In this episode, I sit down with Aliza, a legal trailblazer whose journey is marked by pivotal experiences that shaped her mission to create meaningful change. Before law school, Alizaâs time at Planned Parenthood and her work in Senator Elizabeth Warrenâs office forged her worldview and set her on a path to law school with a clear purpose.We unpack her law school years, exploring the crucial decisions that steered her away...
2024-08-0658 min
On The MeritsWhat to Do When a Bad Judge Is Your Bad BossA judicial clerkship can put a young lawyer on a path to a dream career. But if the judge is abusive or unethical, that dream can very quickly turn into a nightmare.That's what happened to Aliza Shatzman, a former clerk who had a terrible experience working for a judge. Shatzman went on to found the Legal Accountability Project, a group advocating for more workplace protections for clerks and other judicial branch employees.Shatzman joins our On The Merits podcast in the wake of a scandal involving an Alaska federal judge who resigned amid allegations...
2024-07-2522 min
The California Appellate Law PodcastJustice Anita Earls Part 2: The investigation into her statements on diversityJustice Anita Earls of the North Carolina Supreme Court knows about some reforms that will improve our justice system. But she also knows about some that will provoke an unhappy responseâincluding an investigation against her personally.In this second half of our interview, Justice Earls talks about how she found herself under investigation for calling for judicial reform.We previously asked Aliza Shatzman why the Legal Accountability Project is necessary: donât judges police their own, we asked? The answer is: yes, but not in the way youâd hope.Anita Earlsâ wiki, Li...
2024-07-2325 min
Strangers on the Internet#metoo Coverage: Dilan Esper Follow-up on Joshua Wright's LawsuitsIn the fifth part of this coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations against ex-George Mason University (GMU) law professor and former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright, Irina invites back Dilan Esper, an experienced litigator in areas that include defamation law and the First Amendment. Together, they analyze the most recent legal developments in two lawsuits that Josh has launched. The first is his defamation lawsuit against two of the women who accused Josh of misconduct--Elyse Dorsey and Angela Landry--where the judge allowed the lawsuit to proceed past a successful motion to dismiss after Josh amended his complaint. The second is a...
2024-06-1048 min
Women in Law - On The RecordEpisode 82: Aliza Shatzman, Founder Legal Accountability ProjectToday Iâm talking with Aliza Shatzman, an attorney and advocate based in Washington D.C. who writes and speaks about judicial accountability, clerkships, and diversity in the courts. Aliza earned her bachelor's degree from Williams College in Williamstown, MA in 2013 and her JD from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (WashU Law) in 2019. Aliza is also the Founder of the Legal Accountability Project, a non-profit mission is to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza shares her personal experience of with a judicial clerkship an...
2024-04-0441 min
Branding Room Only with Paula T. EdgarHow Aliza Shatzman Is Fighting for Accountability and Change In the JudiciaryYou should authentically embody your personal brand, regardless of who you interact with. Your personal brand should also reflect your values and evolve based on your experiences.   Your brand should show up in your advocacy. This is why I invited Aliza Shatzman to be on the podcast. Her personal experiences in clerkship drive her authentic advocacy. Now, as the founder and president of The Legal Accountability Project, she aims to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who donât.In this episode of the Brandi...
2024-03-1944 min
Texas Appellate Law PodcastWhy Judges Should Take the Legal Accountability Project Pledge | Judge Doug Nazarian & Aliza ShatzmanJudicial clerkships can provide unparalleled access and prestige to young lawyers just entering practice. But because the judiciary requires confidentiality and secrecy to operate properly, often law students donât know what to expect. The Legal Accountability Project is working to change that by making the system more transparent for law schools and law students. In this episode, Todd Smith and Jody Sanders explore the Legal Accountability Projectâs goals in a discussion with LAP founder Aliza Shatzman and board member Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Doug Nazarian. They discuss their new initiative for judges, the Legal Accountability Project Pledge...
2024-02-291h 06
The California Appellate Law PodcastJudge Nazarian to Judges: Take the Accountability PledgeThere are 30,000 law clerks in the U.S., and we have no good way to know to judge their experiences. So Judge Douglas Nazarian of the Appellate Court of Marylandâand board member of the Legal Accountability Projectâasks judges everywhere to take the LAP Pledge. The Project hosts a growing database of survey responses from judicial clerks, but it needs judges to pledge that they will invite their clerks to fill out the surveys.Uncomfortable taking the pledge publicly? No problem: please invite your clerks to do the survey anyway.Why should you support the...
2024-02-271h 02
The Former Lawyer PodcastEmpowering Change: Updates from the Legal Accountability Project with Aliza ShatzmanTodayâs podcast episode brings back a previous guest to update listeners. Aliza Shatzman previously appeared to talk with Sarah about The Legal Accountability Project. She co-founded this project based on a nightmare clerkship scenario she faced and wanted to help lawyers find recourse if they find themselves in this situation. She is sharing where things are today and the initiatives theyâve made progress on in the last year. See show notes at formerlawyer.com/219 Â
2024-02-2634 min
SideBar: Optimism In Action - Conversations with Lawyers & Leaders Inspiring Positive ChangeWho Can Hold Judges Accountable? with Aliza ShatzmanFederal judges have lifetime tenure with little to no oversight. Despite employing thousands of new law school graduates as law clerks, they arenât subject to anti-discrimination or other workplace laws. How is it possible that federal courts do not have to follow the same federal labor laws they enforce? In this episode, Aliza Shatzman, founder of the Legal Accountability Project, describes the experience that inspired her to create LAP and what needs to change to hold federal judges accountable.
2024-02-2037 minLegal Talk Network - Law News and Legal TopicsWho Can Hold Judges Accountable? with Aliza ShatzmanFederal judges have lifetime tenure with little to no oversight. Despite employing thousands of new law school graduates as law clerks, they arenât subject to anti-discrimination or other workplace laws. How is it possible that federal courts do not have to follow the same federal labor laws they enforce? In this episode, Aliza Shatzman, founder of the Legal Accountability Project, describes the experience that inspired her to create LAP and what needs to change to hold federal judges accountable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-02-2037 minSideBar: Optimism In Action - Conversations with Lawyers & Leaders Inspiring Positive ChangeWho Can Hold Judges Accountable? with Aliza ShatzmanFederal judges have lifetime tenure with little to no oversight. Despite employing thousands of new law school graduates as law clerks, they arenât subject to anti-discrimination or other workplace laws. How is it possible that federal courts do not have to follow the same federal labor laws they enforce? In this episode, Aliza Shatzman, founder of the Legal Accountability Project, describes the experience that inspired her to create LAP and what needs to change to hold federal judges accountable.
2024-02-2037 min
Ladies Who LawHolding the Judiciary Accountable: A Chat About Law Clerk Harassment with Aliza Shatzman, Founder of the Legal Accountability ProjectSend us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! https://www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/Starting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast
2024-01-1640 min
The Welcome Table with Max GastonProtecting Law Clerks from Harassment Judicial clerkships are typically characterized as an unadulterated goodâlifelong mentor-mentee relationships between judges and law clerks that confer professional benefits. But little information exists to help law students identify positive work environments and avoid judges who mistreat their clerks.At the Legal Accountability Project, Aliza Shatzman works to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, and to provide resources to those who do not. In this conversation, Aliza describes her personal experiences with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former DC Judge. Aliza also explains how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does no...
2023-12-2153 min
The Welcome Table with Max GastonProtecting Law Clerks from Harassment Judicial clerkships are typically characterized as an unadulterated goodâlifelong mentor-mentee relationships between judges and law clerks that confer professional benefits. But little information exists to help law students identify positive work environments and avoid judges who mistreat their clerks.At the Legal Accountability Project, Aliza Shatzman works to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, and to provide resources to those who do not. In this conversation, Aliza describes her personal experiences with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former DC Judge. Aliza also explains how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does no...
2023-12-2152 min
Feminist LawHarassment in the Judiciary with Aliza ShatzmanToday on the podcast, Clara speaks with Aliza Shatzman, Founder of the Legal Accountability Project about her experience as a judicial clerk, judicial misconduct, and what can be done about it.
If you would like to learn more about the Legal Accountability Project, you can do so here.
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2023-10-3024 min
Ipse DixitAliza Shatzman on the Clerkships Whisper NetworkIn this episode, Aliza Shatzman of the Legal Accountability Network discusses her article "The Clerkships Whisper Network: What It Is, Why It's Broken, And How To Fix It," which is published in the Columbia Law Review. Shatzman is on Twitter at @AlizaShatzman.This episode was hosted by Peter Romer-Friedman on PRF Law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-10-2446 min
The Newfangled LawyerEpisode 11: The Legal Accountability Project with Aliza ShatzmanIn the 11th episode of The Newfangled Lawyer Podcast, host Patrick Patino engages in a conversation with Aliza Shatzman, President of the Legal Accountability Project. Aliza shares her inspiring journey from law school to a horrible clerkship experience that ignited her passion for changing the legal profession.
They discuss the urgent need for transparency and reform in clerkships, revealing shocking realities and the culture of silence that surrounds law clerk mistreatment.
Join this thought-provoking discussion about the legal profession, authenticity, and the call for justice. Explore what it means to be a "newfangled lawyer" as...
2023-10-0343 min
The Justice PodcastClerkships and Holding Judges Accountable | Aliza Shatzman [CJS]Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, shares her thoughts on how the U.S. judicial clerkship process should change. For Aliza, this issue is personal (you can read her U.S. Congressional testimony on gender discrimination and harassment here), but our conversation takes a broader systems-based perspective. We discuss the power dynamics existing between judges and their clerks and how one might address misconduct within such an environmentâpossibly through both non-profit and legislative responses. All of these topics and more are included in this episode of The Justice Podcast.
Th...
2023-09-1328 min
State Bar of Michigan: On Balance PodcastBringing Transparency to Judicial ClerkshipsThe legal profession places an enormous premium on getting judicial clerkships, which usually offer both valuable learning experiences and a major boost to a young lawyerâs future prospects. But, are there potential downsides to clerkships? Some law clerks have a wonderful experience, but too many have had an experience marked by harassment and mistreatment at the hands of an abusive judge. Molly Ranns and JoAnn Hathaway welcome Aliza Shatzman to talk about her personal story and her efforts to bring transparency and awareness about the full range of clerkship experiences to lift current stigmas and prevent future judiciary wo...
2023-09-1130 min
Thinking LSATDemystifying Judicial Clerkships (Aliza Shatzman) (Ep. 418)Ben and Nathan are joined by Aliza Shatzman, founder of the Legal Accountability Project. Aliza describes the projectâs mission to bring greater transparency to judicial clerkships and to promote positive clerkship experiences. She and the guys discuss why law schools sometimes obscure the truth about judicial clerkships, how the Legal Accountability Project will democratize information regarding clerkships, and what future law students can do now to prepare for clerking.
You can find Aliza on LinkedIn and Twitter @AlizaShatzman. Follow the Legal Accountability Project on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @The_LAP_
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2023-09-0451 minStrangers on the Internet#metoo Coverage: Dilan Esper on Joshua Wright's Defamation LawsuitIn the fourth part of this coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations against ex-George Mason University law professor and former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright, Irina has a conversation with Dilan Esper, an experienced litigator in areas that include defamation law and the First Amendment. Dilan walks listeners through Josh's highly unusual defamation legal complaint against two of the women who accused Josh of misconduct, Elyse Dorsey and Angela Landry. Irina and Dilan focus on some of the most controversial parts of this legal document, and Dilan explains how Josh likely fails to meet the standard to get past a...
2023-09-021h 13Strangers on the Internet#metoo Coverage: Aliza Shatzman on the Joshua Wright Allegations and Law School CultureIn the third part of this coverage of the sexual misconduct allegations against ex-George Mason University law professor and former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright, Irina speaks with a victim of judicial harassment and retaliation, attorney and activist Aliza Shatzman who founded the Legal Accountability Project. After graduating from the Washington University School of Law in 2019, Aliza began clerking for a judge in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. After subjecting her to harassment and sex discrimination, the judge fired her and then went on to derail her legal career by providing false statements during her final reference...
2023-08-2855 min
Lawyers Who LeadLeading by Advocating for Change with Aliza ShatzmanIn this weekâs episode, Sigalle interviews Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit that ensures that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who do not.
Aliza shares how her clerkship experience quickly became one of mistreatment and harassment. Realizing there were no resources to support or protect her, Aliza persevered by filing a judicial complaint, advocating for legislation to extend to law clerks and federal public defenders, and ultimately creating a platform to provide more transparency and accountability for in the clerkship system.
Aliza's story shows how sp...
2023-08-2636 min
How I Lawyer Podcast with Jonah Perlin#119: Aliza Shatzman - Judicial Accountability Advocate & Non-Profit FounderIn todayâs episode I speak with Aliza Shatzman who is the Founder and President of the non-profit Legal Accountability Project based in Washington, DC an organization dedicated to ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza writes and speaks about judicial accountability, clerkships, and diversity in the courts and has submitted written testimony before Congress and published extensively in both academic publications and in the popular press. She is a graduate of Williams College where she was a member of the golf team. Pri...
2023-08-2543 min
The California Appellate Law PodcastInvestigating Judge Newman, with Aliza ShatzmanThe Judge Pauline Newman saga reached a tentative endâor a respiteâwhen the Federal Circuit imposed a year-long probation on the 96-year-old federal appellate judge. Aliza Shatzman of the Legal Accountability Project discusses the allegations of cognitive decline and workplace misconduct against her, and how the investigation and report may be a model for more transparency into judicial officers.Aliza notes:There is a kind of âomertaâ code among clerks against sharing negative experiences.But Aliza is seeing the beginning of a cultural change in the legal community toward more transparency.Coming Spring 2024, the Legal Accounta...
2023-08-2250 min
New York City Bar Association PodcastBuilding Belonging: The Legal Accountability ProjectAliza Shatzman is President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at extending support and resources to law clerks to ensure that they have a positive clerkship experience. Aliza talks about the mistreatment that she experienced as a law clerk. Her experience led her to discover the shocking lack of labor protections for clerks and the enormous power disparity between clerks and judges. Aliza was ultimately inspired to take on the deeply entrenched status quo in the clerking system. Tune in to hear about:
⢠The power dynamic that exists today which gives judges the power to mistreat cl...
2023-07-2846 minBuilding BelongingThe Legal Accountability ProjectAliza Shatzman is President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at extending support and resources to law clerks to ensure that they have a positive clerkship experience. Aliza talks about the mistreatment that she experienced as a law clerk. Her experience led her to discover the shocking lack of labor protections for clerks and the enormous power disparity between clerks and judges. Aliza was ultimately inspired to take on the deeply entrenched status quo in the clerking system. Tune in to hear about:
⢠The power dynamic that exists today which gives judges the power to mistreat cl...
2023-07-2845 min
Powerhouse Lawyers11. Fighting Workplace Injustice in the Law  Welcome back to Powerhouse Lawyers with Erin Gerner! PHL Retreat [00:00] Join us for an in-person community building experience. Reserve your spot now: https://www.eringerner.com/Powerhouse-Lawyers-Retreat Intro [01:44] Guest introduction: Aliza Shatzman [02:13] Aliza is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis Law school. She had intentions to use her legal background to support reproductive services in the United States. Aliza became a clerk to boost her resume and professional development. She founded The Legal Accountability Project after experiencing workplace harassment during her clerkship program.Â
2023-07-1839 min
You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in LawHow Clerkship Transparency Creates Stronger Lawyers feat. Aliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman is a judicial clerkship advocate. After a poor clerkship experience, Aliza created the Legal Accountability Project to bring transparency and accountability to the federal clerkship process. Find out how this pioneer and founder ensures the next generation of clerks is protected from bad judges. The Power of Judicial ClerkshipsClerkships are an important tool for lawyers interested in working in academia, trial lawyers, and Big Law associates, and they are a great way to hone your legal writing and reading skills. During the spring semester of 1L year, many law students participate in o...
2023-07-0640 min
On Record PRFighting for Transparency in the Legal Field with Aliza Shatzman, President of the Legal Accountability ProjectIn this episode of On Record PR, Leslie Richards goes on record with Aliza Shatzman, the president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project, to discuss how to help law clerks receive the support they need to move forward in their careers. Learn More Aliza Shatzman is the president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences and extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law...
2023-05-0836 min
Life Leaps Podcast20. "We've Changed The Conversation" - Turning Workplace Harassment Into A Nonprofit That Protect Others, With Aliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman wanted to be a prosecutor. But when her first boss - a federally-appointed Judge - started telling her he was 'more comfortable' with her male counterparts, she realized she'd need to navigate an entirely different set of challenges. In Ep. 20, we'll hear how Aliza:Decided to come out about harassment at work (including through Congressional testimony!)Realized anti-discrimination laws didn't cover her particular situation and so founded a non-profit - The Legal Accountability Project - to help change that.Now works to protect others in a way that no other organization is doing.Aliza's w...
2023-04-1227 min
Journey to EsquireÂŽď¸ The PodcastAliza Shatzman | Judicial Clerkships & Legal Accountability Project - Journey to EsquireÂŽď¸ The PodcastIn this episode, we pass the mic to Aliza Shatzman to discuss federal judicial clerkships and The Legal Accountability Project.
Aliza Shatzman is the President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law. After law school, Aliza clerked in D.C. Superior Court during the 2019-2020 term. In March 2022, Aliza submitted written testimony for a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing about...
2023-04-0737 min
ParentheticallyThe Legal Accountability Project: Protecting Clerks from Judicial MisconductWhen judges mistreat their clerks, who holds them accountable? Where can clerks turn to for help? What workplace protections exist? In this episode, Francesca and Jacob talk to Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project. In March 2022, Aliza submitted written testimony for a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing about the lack of workplace protections for judiciary employees, detailing her personal experience with harassment and retaliation by a former DC Superior Court judge. Now, Aliza advocates for other clerks through her nonprofit, helping to ensure they have positive experiences while providing resources to those who do not.Â
2023-03-2237 min
The Tech Savvy Lawyer#57: Join Aliza Shatzman to discuss using technology for Federal Judge accountability with ClerksItâs essential to stand up and take necessary actions against harassment in the workplace. Employees have the right to feel safe and positive, both mentally and physically, where they work. This can be especially harrowing when the harassment takes place in a judge's chambers. This weekâs episode of the Tech Savvy Lawyer podcast features Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project. She joined us today to talk about using technology to hold federal judges accountable for their behavior toward their clerks. Aliza is an attorney and an advocate based in Washington, DC, who...
2023-02-2835 min
The Free Lawyer84. No Judge Should Be Above the LawWow, what a blockbuster episode! Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of the Legal Accountability Project, shares her harrowing story of harassment and retaliation in her clerkship at the hands of a former judge. Fueled by lack of effective means of redress, and the cloak of secrecy around judicial misconduct, Aliza is now seeking to remedy that situation. She is attempting through her non-profit to bring transparency to the clerkship process and support for the law clerks. She details her disturbing story of mistreatment by a former DC judge, and the hurdles she faced in seeking relief from the retaliation...
2023-02-2345 min
The Mindset and Self-Mastery ShowExploring Legal Accountability; Improving The Courts, One Clerkship At A TimeAliza Shatzman went to school for law and became a clerkship so she could get a government job. She needed to clerk under a judge for 1 year, that was the last of her requirements. Unfortunately, she
2023-02-0238 min
The Mindset and Self-Mastery ShowExploring Legal Accountability; Improving The Courts, One Clerkship At A Time With Aliza ShatzmanIn this episode, Nick speaks with Aliza Shatzman, who went to school for law and became a clerkship so she could get a government job. She needed to clerk under a judge for 1 year; that was the last of her requirements. Unfortunately, she was unknowingly assigned to a judge who had a history of mistreatment of clerks. He discriminated against women, and Aliza was no exception. He mistreated her as well and ended the clerkship early.
Aliza tried everything in her power to get a job, but with the clerkship ending early, it made it almost impossible.
After a year...
2023-02-0238 min
Legally BlissedŽ ConversationsThe Legal Tech Solution Protecting Law Clerks and Holding Judges Accountable with Aliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman is the President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit that ensures that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law. After law school, Aliza clerked in D.C. Superior Court during the 2019-2020 term. In March 2022, Aliza submitted written testimony for a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing about the lack of workplace protections in the federal judiciary, detailing her personal experience with harassment and retaliation by a former D.C. jud...
2023-01-2734 min
The Nonprofit LabE14: The Legal Accountability Project with Aliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of â The Legal Accountability Projectâ , a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. This episode provides a first-person roadmap through the seat of Aliza to the creation of a new nonprofit mission, a go-to-market strategy for nonprofits, sustainable fundraising approaches, and the approaches to overcoming challenges as a leader whoâs âfirst to marketâ on an issue.
2023-01-2453 minIpse DixitAliza Shatzman on Judicial AccountabilityIn this episode, Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, discusses her new article, "The Conservative Case for the Judiciary Accountability Act," which is published in the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Schatzman observes that the federal judiciary has a harassment problem and describes her own experience of harassment. She describes the Judicial Accountability Act, which would impose Title VII requirements on the federal judiciary, among other protections. And she explains why conservative lawmakers should support the legislation.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky C...
2023-01-1435 min
ABA Law Student PodcastThe Legal Accountability Project â Combatting Inequities and Abuse in Judicial ClerkshipsIn the midst of a nightmarish judicial clerkship, Aliza Shatzman found that there was almost no protection for her, a lowly clerk, suffering harassment at the hands of a seemingly all-powerful judge. This experience and its aftermath spurred Aliza on to create The Legal Accountability Project. Host DeMario Thornton talks with Aliza about how the Projectâs research and partnerships are bringing much-needed transparency to the judicial clerkship experience to create more resources and ensure better outcomes for future clerks.Aliza Shatzman is the president and co-founder of the Legal Accountability Project.
2023-01-0932 min
Nonprofit SnapCastThe Legal Accountability Project, with Aliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman visits the SnapCast to talk about The Legal Accountability Project. She shares her journey as a law clerk, the problems she experienced and the solutions she's developed to hold power to accountability.
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2023-01-0320 min
Legally Speaking PodcastJudicial Accountability: What Does it Mean? - Aliza Shatzman - S6E15Send us a text Improving the courts, one clerkship at a time... Do you feel empowered in your role within the law industry to speak up and report when something is wrong? Particularly if you are working as a law clerk, do you feel it easy to be able to complain and report a Judge and their wrongdoings? This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is chatting to Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of the Legal Accountability Project! Aliza is a passionate advocate fo...
2022-12-1228 min
The JabotLegal Industry Harassment Is Not Rare, But Rarely Shared with Aliza ShatzmanIn this episode, Kathryn welcomes Aliza Shatzman, an attorney, advocate, and former DC Superior Court law clerk, to talk about her experience as a clerk in the DC Superior Court where she faced gender discrimination, harassment, and ultimately retaliation by the now former judge for whom she clerked. She also discusses how she reached out to her law school for support and assistance, only to find out that the judge had a history of misconduct that law school officials were aware of. Due to her experience, Aliza co-founded and launched The Legal Accountability Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to...
2022-12-0225 min
Original JurisdictionWhen Judges Mistreat Law Clerks: An Interview With Aliza ShatzmanI spent an amazing year clerking on the Ninth Circuit for Judge Diarmuid F. OâScannlain, who could not have been a better boss. And after speaking to numerous clerks over the years, I believe that most enjoy positive clerkship experiences like mine. When law students and young lawyers ask for my opinion on clerking, I generally recommend it (depending on the individualâs particular circumstances).But not every law clerk is as fortunate as I was. As we have learned in recent years, some clerks are subjected to harassment and abuse from the judges they clerk for...
2022-11-3043 min
May it Displease the CourtEp. 27 - Judicial Abuse of Law Clerks with Aliza ShatzmanIn this episode, we continue the taboo discussion about law clerks. Only this time, we get even more controversial.Â
Did you know that Federal Judges empowered to judge discrimination and harassment cases are exempt from the same anti-discrimination laws that apply to other government branches and private employers? Yup, Judges are above the law. And some Judges abuse their staff with impunity.Â
In this episode, we speak with Aliza Shatzman, co-founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those wh...
2022-11-2949 min
EdUp Learning and Development, hosted by Holly Owens61: Advocacy Against Gender Discrimination in Clerkships and Making Sure Clerks have the Info They Need, Aliza Shatzman, Esq., Co-Founder & President , The Legal Accountability ProjectOverview
This is a special release for EdUp EdTech where I got to In this episode, I got to chat with an extraordinary human, Aliza Shatzman, Co-Founder and President of The Legal Accountability Project. Aliza shares her experiences with discrimination during her clerkship as a law student. She discusses the gaps in vetting clerkship opportunities for law students and how The Legal Accountability Project ensures that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences. Through data collection, analysis, programming, and partnerships with law schools and other stakeholders, we intend to quantify the scope of harassment...
2022-11-1825 min
The Power of AttorneyS4E03: Legal Accountability, with Aliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman, attorney and advocate based in Washington DC, joins Co-Dean Kim Mutcherson for a conversation about judicial accountability, particularly with regards to the ethical treatment of judicial clerks.
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2022-11-0246 min
A Hard LookNo Judge is Above the LawOn this episode of the Administrative Law Reviewâs A Hard Look, tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum speak with Aliza Shatzman (President and Co-founder of the Legal Accountability Project). In this episode, we review the gaps found in the current state of Judicial Accountability framed by our guestâs experience of mistreatment in her former clerkship; including her struggle to obtain retribution using the administrative procedures currently available and her continuing fight to protect judicial clerks and hold judges accountable for their actions. Â
If you have any questions about this episode, the g...
2022-10-2635 min
The Defense Never Rests134 - Unveiling Injustice of Judicial ClerkshipsHow do you turn negative experiences around to positive ones? In the moment, when something really bad happens it can be extraordinarily difficult to see the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Sometimes it can seem downright impossible. This weekâs guest on the Defense Never Rests, Aliza Shatzman shares her personal experience clerking out of law school. And that it was nothing close to what she expected. In fact, it was quite the opposite. It was by every definition of the word a hostile work environment. Something no one at her law school had prepared he...
2022-10-1350 min
Who Wrote That Up For You?Aliza Shatzman, Legal Accountability Project - Who Wrote That Up For You? Sep 30, 2022Aliza Shatzman is co-founder and president of the Legal Accountability Project, an effort to hold judges accountable for their behavior toward the young lawyers who clerk for them. Aliza's legal career was derailed by a judge she'd served as a law clerk. As it turns out, this judge had a history of abusing his law clerks, and Aliza's law school knew his reputation and withheld that information from her. Aliza is working to create a database of judicial harassment that other law students can use to guide their clerkship choices. Â Â
When a judge abuses his power with a...
2022-10-0128 min
Bump In The RoadAliza Shatzman: Justice For All?Aliza Shatzman graduated from Washington University School of Law. Following law school, She moved to Washington, D.C. to clerk in the D.C. Superior Court, with the goal of launching her career as a homicide prosecutor But she never had a chance to pursue her dream . The judge she clerked for harassed her, ignored her, and excluded her from the officeâs day to day legal business, He then abruptly ended her clerkship and behind the scenes, maligned her character. His actions ended her legal career before it could even start. Aliza's solution would send her career on a dif...
2022-09-2143 min
Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & LawLegal Grounds | Aliza ShatzmanIn my 35 years of practicing law I have never felt uncomfortable during the course of my work. Now, have I screwed up big time â yes.Have I been weighed down by guilt and shame â yes.And have I been judged for the mistakes Iâve made â yes.  But I sincerely canât recall a time where I felt uncomfortable just for being myself.Unfortunately, the power disparities inherent to the legal profession are not always a well-spring of mentorship. In the worst of instances, they can become outright trau...
2022-09-2147 min
Why São Paulo?Beyond the Legal Lens Episode #31: Building a Nonprofit for Judicial Accountability  Aliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law. After law school, Aliza clerked in DC Superior Court during the 2019-2020 term. In March 2022, Aliza submitted written testimony for a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing about the lack of workplace protections in the federal judiciary, detailing her personal experience with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a...
2022-09-2124 minTexas Appellate Law PodcastExtending Title VII to Federal Judicial Employees | Aliza ShatzmanJudicial clerkships have traditionally served an important role in helping attorneys transition into practice and learn from experienced judges and practitioners. But the power imbalance between judge and clerk and the cloak of confidentiality surrounding judicial proceedings sometimes puts clerks in bad situations. Further, employment laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do not apply to the judicial branch. Aliza Shatzman, Co-Founder and President of The Legal Accountability Project, talks to Jody Sanders and Todd Smith about how sheâs working to change that. Aliza advocates throughout the United States for passage of the Judiciary Accountability Act...
2022-09-1538 min
EdUp Legal69. Conversation with Aliza Shatzman, Esq., Co-founder of The Legal Accountability ProjectWelcome back to America's leading higher education law podcast, EdUp Legal - part of the EdUp Experience Podcast Network!
In todayâs episode, we welcome Aliza Shatzman, the president and co-founder of the Legal Accountability Project, a non-profit aimed at ensuring law clerks have positive clerkship experiences and helping support and extend resources to those who donât.
Aliza shares with us her experiences with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation while clerking in D.C., the revocation of her dream job, and the exemption that judges and clerks have from Title VII that led her to c...
2022-09-0928 min
Supreme MythsAliza ShatzmanAliza Shatzman stops by Supreme Myths to tell us her personal story and why she started the Legal Accountability Project to shine light on how often judges harass their clerks. We also discuss why Title VII needs to be amended to include the judiciary.
2022-08-2637 min
Legally BlissedÂŽ ConversationsPassionately Ensuring That Law Clerks Have Positive Experiences with Aliza ShatzmanIn this episode of Legally Blissed Conversations, we are joined by Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza earned her BA from Williams College and her JD from Washington University School of Law. During law school, Aliza interned with 4 different components of the U.S. Department of Justice. After law school, Aliza clerked in DC Superior Court during the 2019-2020 term. In March 2022, Aliza submitted a Statement...
2022-08-1942 min
Life & Law: Anti-Hustle Lawyer Podcast for Success On Your TermsJudicial Discrimination & Cleaning Up The JudiciaryJoin me for a candid yet also inspirational discussion with Aliza Shatzman about judicial discrimination & the changes needed within our judiciary.
Aliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences.
In todayâs interview, Aliza shares her gut-wrenching personal story of having to deal with gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by a former DC judge. And how that closed the door to her big legal dreams.
But it doesnât end there. Today's story is a...
2022-08-0943 min
The Geek In ReviewAliza Shatzman - Turning a Horrible Judicial Clerkship Experience into the Legal Accountability ProjectThis week, we talk about the experiences that law students and recent law grads have during their internships, summer associate positions, and their judicial clerkships. While most of us work very hard to make sure that these (traditionally young) associates and clerks enjoy and learn from their experiences, today's guests understands firsthand that not all of these experiences are positive. Aliza Shatzman, the co-founder of the Legal Accountability Project, talks with us about her judicial clerkship, which essentially derailed her legal career before it even gets started.
While Shatzmanâs dream of becoming a Homicide Prosecutor was ta...
2022-08-0431 min
ABA Journal Podcasts - Legal Talk NetworkFollowing her experiences, former law clerk seeks support for the Judiciary Accountability ActAliza Shatzman didnât realize that federal judicial employees are not protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. That is until the judge she worked for in 2020 ended her clerkship earlyâfor reasons that she thinks were due to gender discrimination.
2022-07-2537 min
ABA Journal: Asked and AnsweredFollowing her experiences, former law clerk seeks support for the Judiciary Accountability ActAliza Shatzman didnât realize that federal judicial employees are not protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. That is until the judge she worked for in 2020 ended her clerkship earlyâfor reasons that she thinks were due to gender discrimination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-07-2540 min
The Former Lawyer PodcastCreating Change In The Legal System with Aliza ShatzmanIn this episode, youâll learn about Aliza Shatzman, a former lawyer turned co-founder of a non-profit called Accountability Project. Aliza shares the circumstances that led her to decide to leave the legal system and start The Legal Accountability Project. The Legal Accountability Project seeks to ensure that as many law clerks as possible have a positive clerkship experience while extending support and resources to those who do not. Sarah and Aliza also discuss some popular topics on the podcast, like the dysfunction in the legal system and what needs to change. This is an ext...
2022-07-2541 min
Brief EncountersHow to Prevent Harassment in the JudiciaryIn this episode, Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of The Legal Accountability Project, speaks with Corrine Propas Parver from Women Lawyers on Guard about judicial accountability. They discuss Alizaâs personal experience with harassment and retaliation by a former DC judge; the scope of the problem; solutions, including the Judiciary Accountability Act (JAA) (H.R. 4827/S. 2553) and DC Courts-specific reforms; and Alizaâs new nonprofit, The Legal Accountability Project, which aims to ensure that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not.
Aliza Shatzman is the President and Co-Founder of T...
2022-07-1333 min
The California Appellate Law PodcastHarassment in the Judicial Workplace: Aliza Shatzmanâs Discusses the Legal Accountability ProjectBeing a victim of discrimination and harassment at the hands of an employer is hard enough, but what happens when your employer is a judge? On episode 39 of the California Appellate Law Podcast, Aliza Shatzman discusses her personal experience and why it was not only personally horrifying, but damaging to her career.Aliza also shares how the experience motivated her to create the first-of-its-kind Legal Accountability Project, a resource for aspiring law clerks and other judicial employees.We also cover with Aliza:Why the Judicial Conduct & Disability Act (28 USC § 358) is not working;W...
2022-06-2844 min
Getting CommonJudicial AccountabilityThe leaked Dobbs opinion, news on misconduct in judicial chambers with clerks and other employees, and emerging information about Clarence Thomas and Ginny Thomas have brought the lack accountability of judges to the forefront. In this episode Brandon Hasbrouck, Associate Professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law, and Aliza Shatzman will discuss legislative efforts to reform the judiciary, and what is required for real change.
2022-06-2200 min
The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and BeyondJudicial Accountability in the Workplace (w/Aliza Shatzman)Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're talking with guest Aliza Shatzman from The Legal Accountability Project about some of the things that can go wrong with judicial clerkships, and what clerks can do to protect themselves when that happens. Note: This episode was recorded several weeks ago. Based on Aliza's subsequent conversations with law schools, The Legal Accountability Project decided that the best way to both protect law clerks and democratize information is to create a centralized clerkships reporting database, where every law clerk from every institution can make a report, and every...
2022-06-1335 min
Short CircuitShort Circuit 223 | Clerks and HarassmentWe discuss a couple legal immunities, one listeners will be familiar with and one thatâs pretty unknown. The second is being addressed by our special guest, Aliza Shatzman. She is the co-founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a new nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences while extending support and resources to those who do not. Aliza had a harrowing experience as a law clerk and found that the laws that apply to other government employees often donât extend to those in the judicial branch. She also pres...
2022-06-1033 min
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio'There are judges on the bench right now committing misconduct.' The push to hold misbehaving judges accountableJudges are a critical part of a system designed to provide accountability and justice. But what happens when a judge needs to be held accountable? What happens when harassment or discrimination takes place inside the judicial system? These are important questions that in some cases don't really have satisfying answers, but there is legislation proposed that would help hold federal judges accountable and provide workplace protections for employees within the judiciary. Aliza Shatzman is an attorney and an advocate for the proposed Judicial Accountability Act. We asked Shatzman about the legislation and about her own very personal story of haras...
2022-05-2422 minIpse DixitAliza Shatzman on Holding Judges AccountableIn this episode, Aliza Shatzman, an attorney and advocate based in Washington, DC, discusses her article "Untouchable Judges? What I've learned about harassment in the judiciary, and what we can do to stop it," which will be published in the UCLA Journal of Gender & Law. Here is the abstract:Drawing from the authorâs own experience of gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation during her clerkship and in the years following it by a former DC Superior Court judge, this Article analyzes the deficits in current federal and DC judicial reporting systems to demonstrate the urgent need for reform. I...
2022-04-2935 min
The JabotFormer Law Clerk Speaks Out About Her Experience With Harassment with Aliza ShatzmanIn this episode, Kathryn speaks with family law attorney Aliza Shatzman, who recently submitted a Statement for the Record for the House Judiciary Committee hearing about harassment in the judiciary. Aliza discusses her Statement, what happened with the judge, why the system that currently exists is insufficient, and what should be done to change it. Episode Resources Statement for the Record of Aliza Shatzman Connect with Aliza Shatzman: https://twitter.com/alizashatzman?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliza-shatzman-58b55223/Â Episode Highlights Possessing Strong Sense of Moral Outrage on Women Injustice H...
2022-03-2522 min
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal IndustryHow The Judicial System Is Failing Law ClerksAn increasing number of law clerks are speaking out about how they were harassed by judges they worked for. This week, weâre joined by Aliza Shatzman, a former D.C. Superior Court clerk who shares her story and explains what Congress can do to eliminate institutional barriers that hinder clerks from receiving help when they are in a similar situation. Also this week, we discuss Sarah Bloom Raskin who pulled out of the running for the top bank regulatory job at the Federal Reserve; Alec Baldwin explaining why he isnât responsible for the fatal shooting on the set...
2022-03-1833 min