Litigation senior partner, Harry Hardin, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society for the 2003-05 term at the AJS meeting held during the ABA meeting in August. AJS is a nonpartisan organization with a national membership of judges, lawyers, and non-legally trained citizens interested in the administration of justice. Through research, educational programs, and publications, AJS's primary areas of focus are judicial independence, judicial conduct and ethics, judicial selection, the jury, court administration, and public understanding of the justice system.