Alexander Karsh.

Five courses, 2026Status noted on each tool

Reference tools

Reference cards, guides and checklists for Maryland judges, developed from faculty materials for five 2026 courses.

Managing the Case, front. An attorney grievance hearing in five steps, each step a checklist, with a role reminder at the top. Prepared for the summer 2026 course.
Managing the Case, frontAn attorney grievance hearing in five steps, each step a checklist, with a role reminder at the top. Prepared for the summer 2026 course.
The marital property opinion checklist, page 1. The coordinating judge's list, in her words, built into two pages. Delivered spring 2026.
The marital property opinion checklist, page 1The coordinating judge's list, in her words, built into two pages. Delivered spring 2026.

How I built them

My number one source was always faculty. Whether it was the coordinating judge giving me her marital opinion-writing checklist as a comment on a Word document, or pulling faculty language from provided slide decks and handouts, that came first. I'd then search doctrine and statutes in the in-house AI. Finally, I'd examine what I had and think: is this actionable? If it were just definitions and numbers, I'd take a pen to it and ensure at least one section gave judges something to do from the bench.

Family-law primer, spring 2026 · delivered

The coordinating judge's opinion-writing checklist, her list built into two pages.

First page of the faculty-authored opinion-writing checklistPage 1: classify and valueSecond page of the faculty-authored opinion-writing checklistPage 2: distribute and check

AI and digital evidence, summer 2026 · prepared, early-summer final

The two-page guide and the four-page draft it replaced. The design decisions and the sentence stems are on their own page.

Front of the two-page reference guideTwo-page guide, June 8First page of the earlier four-page draftEarlier four-page draft

Attorney grievance hearings, summer 2026 · prepared

Two guides, each one sheet, front and back, developed from faculty materials for faculty review.

Managing the Case, frontManaging the Case, frontManaging the Case, backManaging the Case, backWriting Findings and Conclusions, frontWriting Findings and Conclusions, frontWriting Findings and Conclusions, backWriting Findings and Conclusions, back

Children in need of assistance and termination of parental rights, autumn 2026 · prepared

Three cards and three quick-reference guides, sent to the course coordinator for approval and reskinned since; the citations were flagged for checking against current Maryland law before printing.

Card A, the permanency hearingCard A: the permanency hearingCard B, kin, agency clocks and older youthCard B: kin, agency clocks and older youthCard C, the pathway to terminationCard C: the pathway to terminationGuide 1, timeline and key hearingsGuide 1: timeline and key hearingsGuide 2, findings on the recordGuide 2: findings on the recordGuide 3, reasonable effortsGuide 3: reasonable efforts

Traffic court, autumn 2026 · delivered with the course

These excerpts show reference guides developed from the presenters' content. Each link opens the archived binder at the PDF page listed.

The minor traffic docket reference, binder PDF page 44Docket and courtroom control, PDF page 44Sentencing alternatives and driving programs, binder PDF page 51Sentencing alternatives and driving programs, page 51Licensing and records, binder PDF page 56Licensing and records, page 56Medical review of at-risk drivers, binder PDF page 61Medical review of at-risk drivers, page 61Masking and commercial licenses, binder PDF page 64Masking and commercial licenses, page 64

The reference guide · One family, all day · The design rules

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