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by Robin L. Rosenberg
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaIn November 2023, all first-year Duke Law students (about 240) participated in a two-and-a-half hour Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions (CD3) program as part of the school’s professionalism initiative. Students, facilitators, attorneys, […]
by Hope Forbush Sharrett
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaThe Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) was enacted in 2022. One of the law’s goals is to reduce gun violence by strengthening background checks for potential gun purchasers between the […]
by Oria Wilson-Iguade
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaChief Justice Loretta H. Rush of the Indiana Supreme Court received the Lady Justice Award from the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) for her commitment to advancing the NAWJ’s core values […]
by Melinda Myers Vaughn
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: Justice O’Connor speaking to law students at the University of Texas in 1985. (© Bob Daemmrich/Alamy.com) The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has been named the […]
by Eric Surber
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaTo help dispel misguided notions about the judiciary and to create stronger connections between communities and courts, many judges are developing and leading civic education programs that bring students into […]
by Olena Kibenko and Cristobal Diaz
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: Ukraine’s Supreme Court Building in Kyiv. (Alamy.com) February 24, 2024, marked two years since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest attack on a European country since World […]
by Gerald J. Postema
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaRetired Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig recently called his fellow members of the bar to action. “We lawyers,” he charged, “are weighted by an almost sacred responsibility” to defend […]
by Joseph Kimble
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaThe Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States oversees the work of the five advisory committees that draft proposed new and […]
by Douglas M. Fasciale
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaImagine that you (a former civil trial judge) and your colleague (a former tax court judge) are on an appellate panel assigned to adjudicate two appeals. One is an appeal […]
by Nita A. Farahany and Paul W. Grimm
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaMindreading may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but these days, as they say, truth is stranger than fiction. Employers track employee attention and even moods. Technology users can […]
by Geoffrey R. Stone and David F. Levi
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: College students protest the Vietnam War at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970s. (Classic Stock/Alamy stock Photo) Examining the campus speech debate through a First Amendment lens […]
by Jeffrey Bellin
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaA scholar considers how judges have contributed to historically high incarceration rates — and how they can help reverse the trend. While the American criminal justice system was once known […]
by Joseph Kimble
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaAn occasional extra-short sentence or fragment can serve various purposes. Most obviously, it can provide variety and emphasis. It can also be useful for breaking up a long sentence, setting up a conclusion, linking to a new topic—any number of things, really.
by Cary Coglianese, Maura R. Grossman and Paul W. Grimm
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaScholars and technologists see both benefits and dangers for AI in the courts. One thing they agree on: AI is here to stay. As we enter 2024, it’s tough not […]
by James Andrew Wynn
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: Judge Duncan with her portrait, which was installed at Duke Law School in 2018 and was painted by Gale Fulton Ross. Ross earlier painted one of Duncan’s mother, […]
by Lucy Inman
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaActor Jack Nicholson’s witness-stand response to Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men is one of the most quoted lines from one of the most popular genres of film — the courtroom drama. […]
by Judicature Staff
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaIn July 2014, the president and provost of the University of Chicago appointed a Committee on Freedom of Expression to articulate “the University’s overarching commitment to free, robust, and uninhibited […]
by Judicature Staff
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaFeatures A Wartime View From Ukraine’s Supreme Court CRISTOBAL DIAZ & OLENA KIBENKO An “Almost Sacred Responsibility”: The Rule of Law in Times of Peril GERALD J. POSTEMA Redrafting All […]
