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.