In This Edition (Table of Contents Vol. 109 No. 3)

Features

The Architecture of Respect: Inside the D.C. Circuit
BY THOMAS B. GRIFFITH, KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN & DAVID S. TATEL

One Day in Federal Court: An Informal Case Study of Trauma-Informed Practices
BY EMILY BASS & AMELIA ASHTON THORN

To Know Courts Is to Love Them? New Research Shows Jury Service and Civic Education Boost Public Understanding — and Opinion — of Courts
BY SHAWN PATTERSON JR., ABBY MURRAY, MATTHEW LEVENDUSKY, R. LANCE HOLBERT & KATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON

Not Shaken, Not Stirred: The Mixed Question of Law and Fact
BY JON O. NEWMAN

Disfavored Precedent as a Challenge for the Lower Federal Courts
BY CURTIS A. BRADLEY & TARA LEIGH GROVE

Mexico’s Judicial Elections: Reform or Government Takeover?
BY AMANDA DRISCOLL, MICHAEL J. NELSON & JULIO RÍOS-FIGUEROA

A Primer on the Different Meanings of AI ‘Bias’ for Legal Practice
BY TARA S. EMORY & MAURA R. GROSSMAN

Judicature: A Decade at Duke

A Look Back at Some of Our Favorite Articles
BY AMELIA ASHTON THORN & JAKE MCAULIFFE

Departments

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Batons Passed, Momentum Continues
BY KIMBERLY J. MUELLER

BRIEFS
Judicial Retirement on the Ballot — Again, and Again, and Again; Judicial Honors; David F. Levi Named 2026 Bolch Prize Recipient; Lunch and Learn with Civics Break

REDLINES
Another Round of Pet Peeves (PDF)
BY JOSEPH KIMBLE

PERSPECTIVES
The Worth of a Soul: Finding Redemption in a Prison
BY JENNA CARSON

BOOK
Interpreting the Court’s Fine Print
BY PETER CHARLES HOFFER

A FINER POINT
Lest We Forget: The Glory and the Burden of the Unadorned Black Robe
BY THOMAS LOGUE