Interview with Jeffrey Apperson, October 4, 2018
Project: John G. Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Jeffrey Apperson is a former Clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.In this second interview, Apperson shares more memories of Western District judges, particularly his work with Judge John G. Heyburn II on the Judicial Conference Committee on the Budget, as well as the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL panel”). He also discusses how the Western District’s international work led to his helping to create the International Association for Court Administration (IACA), and, in 2010, his leaving his district clerk position to join the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). Apperson ends the oral history by sharing his perspective on strengths and weaknesses of court systems around the world, including that of the United States.
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Bankruptcy Committee Budget Committee Case management Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) Congressional budgets Judge Charles Allen Judge Ed Johnstone Judge Wendell Roberts Judge Charles Simpson Judicial independence Judicial policies and procedures Multi-District Litigation Panel (MDL) Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML)Interview LC Subject
Court administration District courts--United States—Administration Heyburn, John G. (John Gilpin), 1948-2015 Judges--Selection and appointment--United States Judges--United States Judicial administration--United States Judicial Conference of the United States Technology United Nations. Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals United States. District Court (Kentucky : Western District) United States. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict LitigationInterview Rights
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Apperson, Jeffrey Interview by Anu Kasarabada. 04 Oct. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Apperson, J. (2018, October 04). Interview by A. Kasarabada. John G. Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Apperson, Jeffrey, interview by Anu Kasarabada. October 04, 2018, John G. Heyburn II Initiative for Excellence in the Federal Judiciary Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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