On November 15, CCL President Robert S. Peck co-chaired the Lawyers Committee meeting of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), held in Washington, D.C.  The meeting discussed various initiatives to protect the courts and their functions during this time of budget crisis.  At a luncheon the following day, Delaware Chief Justice Myron Steele, president of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and chair of the NCSC Board of Directors, inducted Peck into the Warren E. Burger Society in recognition for “his active and long-time commitment to improving the administration of justice in the state courts and for building public understanding of the need for a strong and independent judiciary.”