by Spencer D. Levine
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3“If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If Continue Reading »
by Amanda Frost and Samuel Bray
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3Nationwide injunctions have been much in the headlines in recent years. Since 2008, lower federal courts have issued dozens of injunctions to block government policies from being enforced not just Continue Reading »
by Joseph Kimble
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3The long, long sentence is legal writing’s oldest curse. You’ve probably seen even worse than the original sentence, but it’s still way too long (83 words). I offer three different Continue Reading »
by David F. Levi
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3The cover of this edition of Judicature highlights an article, “Crowdsourcing and Data Analytics: The New Settlement Tools,” that proposes a novel use of technology for reducing the time and Continue Reading »
by Thomas E. McClure
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3In a number of cases, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended the licenses of lawyers who had loaned money directly to the trial judge who was hearing their clients’ cases. They Continue Reading »
by Judicature Staff
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3At the annual meeting of the American Law Institute (ALI) in May, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., presented the Henry J. Friendly medal to his colleague on the Court, Continue Reading »
by William Raftery and Deborah W. Smith
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3A resolution adopted by the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators in August 2018 (Resolution 7) encourages courts to carefully review and assess their policies for Continue Reading »
by Joe Boatwright
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3Collaborative writing can be a delicate endeavor for many judges, especially when collaborating with someone who is not a judge. Bryan Garner’s newest book, Nino and Me, offers not just Continue Reading »
by George Socha and Saaya Shah
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3We all know the volume of data in litigation — particularly email data — continues to grow rapidly, with no sign of abating. That growth is forcing litigants to come Continue Reading »
by Brian H. Bornstein, Charles P. Edwards, Jenny Reichert and Monica K. Miller
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3Judges are tasked with administering justice and upholding the rights of everyone in accordance with the Constitution.1 The challenges associated with having to decide the fate of others, coupled with Continue Reading »
by Judicature Staff
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3Executive Summary Developed and published by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School November 2018 ON DEC. 1, 2018, AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 23 TAKE EFFECT. Continue Reading »
by Bernard Chao, Christopher Robertson and David Yokum
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3By protecting the right to a jury, the state and federal constitutions recognize the fundamental value of having civil and criminal disputes resolved by laypersons. Actual trials, however, are relatively Continue Reading »
by Jona Goldschmidt
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3Since the mid-1990s, advocates for increased access to justice have touted unbundled (or limited-scope, or discrete-task) legal services as a means of distributing legal services to those unable to afford Continue Reading »
by Gregg Costa
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3There can be too much of a good thing. We know that’s true for food and drink, but we haven’t yet realized it’s also true for judicial clerkships. There has Continue Reading »
by Clare Cushman
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3Food traditions have always been important at the Supreme Court, as the justices have purposefully sought occasions to break bread together to reinforce cordiality and cooperation. Their most important culinary Continue Reading »
by Sarah A.L. Merriam
Fall/Winter 2018 | Volume 102 Number 3As an attorney practicing law in, and then a magistrate judge serving on the bench of, the District of Connecticut, I have had the good fortune to learn from many Continue Reading »
