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Current Challenges Facing the Judiciary

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Ten years ago, Duke Law School began publishing Judicature. Among the articles published in that first Duke edition was a lecture titled “Grand Challenges, Grand Ideas,” by David F. Levi, […]

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025)

Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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Judicial Well-Being: From an ‘Unmentionable Topic’ to a Global Conversation

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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Asking All the Right Questions: Benefits of Juror Questionnaires and Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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The State of Science in the Courtroom: A Scientist’s Reflections From Conversations With Federal Judges

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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Mobilizing the Legal Profession to Defend the Judiciary

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

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Reviving Rules 16 and 26

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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Staying Safe: Five Steps Judges Can Take Now

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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Technology for Remote and Hybrid Hearings: Lessons From NCSC’s Court Innovation Lab

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Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke
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Alternative Approaches: Beyond Problem-Solving Courts

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Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts
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Trauma-Informed Courts? How Judges May Influence Kids’ Experiences of Court

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Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts
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Bringing Home the Bill of Rights

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Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for Justice
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The Battle for Your Brain: A Legal Scholar’s Argument for Protecting Brain Data and Cognitive Liberty

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Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | Justitia
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Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson’s Prescient, Bold Vision of Justice

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Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts
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Minimize prepositional phrases. Question every of. (Part 1; PDF)

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Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation
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If Pseudonyms, Then What Kind?

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Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

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