LAP’s President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman, wrote for Above the Law reflecting on the four-year anniversary of her congressional testimony advocating for the passage of the Judicial Accountability Act, and the ongoing fight for judicial accountability. “As someone who identified an unmet need 4 years ago and filled the void myself, there’s no one more motivated to create meaningful change than someone working to fix systems that personally screwed them over,” wrote Shatzman.

LAP’s President and Founder, Aliza Shatzman, wrote for Above the Law about a recent disciplinary order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit finding that Lydia Kay Griggsby of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland created an “abusive” workplace for her law clerks. Clerks reported bullying, public humiliation, and emotional distress, with one co-clerk even too traumatized to eat or drink during the day.

Aliza Shatzman, LAP’s President and Founder, wrote for Above the Law on the broken system that leaves federal law clerks unable to report judicial misconduct. In 2025, just two clerks filed complaints under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, even though the judiciary’s own 2023 survey documented 106 instances of actionable mistreatment. Clerks rarely report not because misconduct is rare, but because the process is stacked against them: judges have life tenure, enjoy legal immunity, and clerks face real risks of retaliation.

LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with NPR about U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, who acknowledged creating an “abusive workplace,” according to a recently-released Fourth Circuit disciplinary order.

LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with NPR about former judge Mark Wolf, who allegedly retired in November 2025 to take a principled stand against executive branch overreach—but actually resigned amid a misconduct investigation to evade accountability.

LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with Bloomberg Law about a judicial misconduct investigation into a former district court judge within the First Circuit who left the bench in November 2025.

The judiciary has a harassment problem that no one cares to solve, LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman argues in Above the Law. Judge Sarah Merriam is just the latest in a long line of examples of judges who abuse their power by mistreating staff, yet most judicial misconduct never comes to light.

LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with Reuters about LAP’s first judicial misconduct complaint, filed against Second Circuit Judge Sarah Merriam.

LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with NPR’s Carrie Johnson about LAP’s first judicial misconduct complaint, filed against Second Circuit Judge Sarah Merriam.

Given how many judges mistreat their clerks, choosing not to pay $50 to subscribe to LAP's Clerkships Database to inform yourself before clerking is basically consigning yourself to abuse, LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman argues in Above the Law.

What do you call it when law schools withhold negative information about judges from students and try to prevent them from accessing candid clerkship information beyond the school’s approved resources? Lying. 

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The Legal Accountability Project created accountability through transparency: there's nothing imperious judges hate more than negative feedback they cannot see, dispute, or silence clerks from sharing through threats of retaliation, Aliza Shatzman writes in GovTrack.

Refusing to implement meaningful workplace reforms is part of a concerted effort by the federal judiciary to maintain the broken status quo and shield abusive judges from accountability, Aliza Shatzman argues in Above the Law.

We cannot allow the federal judiciary to quietly reassign mistreated law clerks year after year while shielding judges from accountability and failing to solve systemic problems that necessitate clerk reassignments, Aliza Shatzman argues in Above the Law.

So, you want to clerk—how will you avoid judges who harass their clerks? LAP’s Clerkships Database is the answer, Aliza Shatzman writes in Above the Law.

The solutions to judicial lawlessness exist, if we’re tenacious enough to fight for them, LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman argues in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

LAP’s Clerkships Database is a “right now” solution: we’re not waiting on anyone to make the change we know is necessary, Aliza Shatzman argues in Above the Law as the second clerkship hiring cycle where applicants benefit from LAP’s Database, commences.

Congress must close the disturbing legal loophole in the judicial complaint process that allows federal judges to evade accountability for misconduct by stepping down, Aliza Shatzman argues in Bloomberg Law.

Congress cannot credibly espouse a commitment to the rule of law while refusing to ensure judges are subject to the law, Aliza Shatzman argues in Courier News.