Portland, Maine (PRWEB) September 18, 2014 — Peter Bennett has been appointed a Board of Directors member of the Appellate Judges Education Institute and will serve through the 2015 Annual Meeting. Peter Bennett, immediate past chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, past chair of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and Trustee of the National Judicial College, will complete the unexpired term of Honorable Norma Shapiro of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.