Friday, April 6, 2007 11:45 a.m., at the Canyon Gate Country Club in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas chapter of the Federalist Society is hosting a luncheon which will include such speakers as Prof. Michael Dimino, Widener University ; Prof. Stephen Presser, Northwestern University Law School ; and Moderator: Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The speakers will discuss the blue ribbon Article VI Commission which is studying Nevada's judicial system and is reportedly leaning toward a Missouri-type plan for Nevada: a nominating commission with gubernatorial appointment and subsequent retention election. The panel will explore the questions whether appointive methods of judicial selection are necessarily superior to the elective ones; are partisan elections better at securing accountability and competitive elections than nonpartisan ones; or do they sacrifice judicial independence? Does the national model of presidential nomination and senatorial advice and consent provide a model worth imitating? Does retention election strike the appropriate balance between accountability and independence, or is it merely a means of securing voter approval?

Contact KOLESAR & LEATHAM, Chtd., 3320 West Sahara Ave., Ste 380, Las Vegas for more information on the luncheron.