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by David F. Levi, Mark Drummond, Samuel A. Thumma, Sherri Carter, Karen Caldwell, Robin L. Rosenberg and Vaughn Walker
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDBy now, our courts, state and federal, have adapted much of their work to digital platforms. But some procedures or litigation events do not easily or obviously translate to the […]
by Steven S. Gensler, Patrick Higginbotham and Lee Rosenthal
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDA jury of 12 resonates through the centuries. Twelve-person juries were a fixture from at least the 14th century until the 1970s. Over 600 years of history is a powerful […]
by Doriane L. Coleman and Jonathan Taylor
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDThe Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020) have been postponed to 2021 as a result of the novel coronavirus, but litigation at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) […]
by David F. Levi
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDI speak today about the importance of fair and impartial courts and the role of judicial independence in achieving that goal. I begin with two stories. Some years ago, my […]
by Charles Geyh
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDOver time, the public has simply ceased to believe judges when they say that they follow the law, and nothing but. If judges impose their ideological policy preferences, the argument […]
by Judicature Staff
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDAt a time when the branches of government are making daily headlines, how do we educate the public about a fair and impartial judiciary and its vital role in our […]
by Brian Fitzpatrick and John H. Beisner
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDShould conservatives embrace class actions as the alternative to government regulation for policing corporate misconduct? Affection for the class-action lawsuit has typically split along political lines, with conservatives traditionally balking […]
by David F. Levi, Barry Friedman, Ashley Allison, Lori Lightfoot and Art Acevedo
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDIn July, the “Coping with Covid” series shifted attention from one pandemic to another: the plague of excessive force by police oļ¬cers. It is an old and long-standing problem receiving […]
by Joseph Kimble
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDREDLINES If there’s a good reason why many judicial opinions donāt use informative headings, I havenāt heard it. For readers, headings are a boon to navigating through the opinion. And […]
by Marsha C. Erb
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDAbove: Beverley McLachlin, 17th Chief Justice of Canada (Photo by Roy Grogran, courtesy of the Supreme Court of Canada) Beverley McLachlin, widely regarded as one of the best legal minds […]
by Mark W. Klingensmith
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDJudge Mark W. Klingensmith of Floridaās Fourth District Court of Appeal has always had rock and roll pumping through his veins. He played in a band during law school that […]
by David F. Levi and Dikgang Moseneke
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDDuring a lunch-hour event with students at Duke Law School in February, David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, interviewed former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of the […]
by Matthew Stiegler
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDNot so long ago, the prevailing standard for typography in opinions and briefs was atrocious. The entire profession seemed to believe that the way to make a document look lawyerly […]
by William Raftery
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDWhile America continues to grapple with the effects of COVID-19, courts are working to return to ānew normalā operations. Of chief concern is the courtsā ability to recruit representative jury […]
by SpearIt
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDWith the Fourth Amendment gone, eyes are on the First // Thatās why Iām spittin cyanide each and every verse These lyrics from American rap artist Parisā 2003 album, Sonic […]
by Emma Roberts
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDJudge Tanya Walton Pratt of the Southern District of Indiana received the 2020 Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement Award from Howard University School of Law. The award recognizes alumni who have made […]
by Judicature Staff
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDCongratulations to these federal judges (active status) who are celebrating milestone anniversaries of their commission dates. 40 years Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico 35 years […]
by David F. Levi
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDIn this edition of Judicature, published during a difficult time in our national history, we look at enduring themes and new, pressing challenges. The American Judicature Society, founded in 1913 […]
by Judicature Staff
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDJudge Don Willett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has been named chair of Judicatureās editorial board for the 2020ā21 editorial term. A 2016 graduate of […]
