TOPEKA—Applicants who successfully passed the Kansas bar examination will be sworn in as Kansas attorneys at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, at the Kansas Judicial Center. New attorneys can choose to be sworn in during the ceremony Friday or at another time by a state or feder...

TOPEKA—The 30th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, to interview nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Kingman County. The vacancy will be created when District Magistrate Judge Ronald Sylvester retires April 3...

TOPEKA—Debra Grammon says she won’t be nervous serving as honorary bailiff for the Kansas Supreme Court when it visits Logan in April. Grammon served 24 years as court clerk for the Phillips County District Court before she retired in September 2024. She said it was good ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed District Judge Kurtis Loy to serve as chief judge of the 11th Judicial District from April 7 through December 31.   Loy fills the unexpired term of Judge Lori Bolton Fleming, who was appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals.   ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas court system has launched a new webpage that gives visitors access to new civil case filings before they are reviewed and accepted by the district court clerk, eliminating the wait time for attorneys, the public, and media who track new civil cases.  “Cou...

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4 . Wilson’s resignation triggers a merit-based nomination process that involves the Supreme Court Nomi...

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission will meet by videoconference at 8 a.m. Monday, April 7, to discuss the procedure it will follow to seek nominations to fill a vacancy created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4 .  The meeting will be broadcast live on ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced the case it will hear in a special session Tuesday, April 29, in Logan, the next destination in the court’s ongoing outreach to familiarize Kansans with the court, its work, and the overall role of the Kansas judiciary. The court w...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has created an ad hoc committee to focus on implementing recommendations from a national task force on lawyer well-being. The nine-member Ad Hoc Committee for Well-Being in Law was created by Supreme Court Administrative Order 2025-CM-030 si...

TOPEKA—A three-judge panel from the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral argument Tuesday, April 8, at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. The public is invited to attend.  The panel will hear two cases starting at 9:30 a.m. in Hudson Auditorium in the Ner...