Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) - Problem-Solving Courts

Problem-Solving Courts: Innovative Solutions to Improve Outcomes

by Paul W. Grimm

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

When people think about the justice system in the United States, they probably think about scenes from shows like Law and Order — with imposing courthouses, intimidating courtrooms, stern and impatient judges, […]

New Poll Shows Public Trust in State Courts on the Rise

by Jesse Rutledge

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

More American voters are expressing trust and confidence in America’s state courts, according to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) annual State of the State Courts public opinion poll. […]

Judicial Honors: Vol. 108 No. 3

by Michelle Kaminsky

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

The city of Memphis recently named a street for Judge BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, who retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2023. She was also honored […]

What’s With the Repetitious Citing? (PDF)

by Joseph Kimble

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Announcing the 2025 Bolch Prize Recipient: Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

by Judicature Staff

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, the 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan, is the recipient of the 2025 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law, awarded by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law […]

Problem-Solving Courts Today: An Introduction

by Amelia Ashton Thorn

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

All courts are inspired by a sense of morality. But “problem-solving courts” and, relatedly, courts with “restorative justice” approaches, are more explicitly imbued by the concept of conscience. Problem-solving courts are […]

Problem-Solving Justice: Build a BRIDGE

by Bruce Howe Hendricks and Piper Reiff Byzet

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Drug courts first developed in the state systems and, after more than 25 years of success, the federal system took note. In 2010, the Charleston Division of the United States […]

Trauma-Informed Courts? How Judges May Influence Kids’ Experiences of Court

by Eva McKinsey, Amelia Ashton Thorn, Minjee Kristin Kim and Catherine Gorey

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Research tells us that there are inextricable links between trauma and the juvenile justice system. Not only is trauma prevalent among system-involved youth (up to 90 percent report exposure to […]

Co-Creating & Redefining Safety: Philadelphia Advocacy Organization Charts A New Path Forward

by Lauren Fine, Joanna Visser Adjoian and Bianca van Heydoorn

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

When can children be prosecuted in adult court? In Pennsylvania, like many jurisdictions across the United States, the default is prosecution as a “juvenile”: Youth accused of criminal conduct that […]

Restorative Justice: A New Conversation for Victims and Offenders

by Mariah Bauguess and Juan G. Villaseñor

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Restorative justice practices have become increasingly common in the United States over the past several decades. In principle, restorative justice “views crime not as a depersonalized breaking of the law […]

Empirical Evidence: What Judges Can Learn From Recent Social Science Research

by Isolynn A. Massey, Sarah L. Desmarais, Elan C. Hope and Samantha A. Zottola

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Courts represent a critical moment that can influence a person’s trajectory through the criminal legal system, and judges play a key role in shaping the courthouse environment and practices. Indeed, […]

Court-Involved Supervised Release: A Call to Action

by Richard M. Berman

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

This article contends, respectfully, that all federal district and magistrate judges should help ensure that criminal defendants reenter the community safely and successfully following incarceration. Judges are well-suited to achieve […]

Centering Humanity: Action, Assistance, and Healing in Newark, N.J.

by Madeline Cox Arleo

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Danny’s Pantry opened on July 18, 2024, the day before the anniversary of the death of Daniel Anderl. Daniel was murdered four years earlier in the New Jersey home he […]

Alternative Approaches: Beyond Problem-Solving Courts

by Erin R. Collins

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Problem-solving courts were born out of a well-meaning experimentalist spirit, a spirit that is very much in line with the vision of a recent symposium on the multidoor criminal courthouse. […]

Toward Democratic Governance of Problem-Solving Courts

by Carlton W. Reeves  and Con Reynolds

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

For over a century, problem-solving courts have offered up the hope of reform to a justice system desperately in need of it. Unlike traditional courts, problem-solving courts — such as […]

The New Administrative State?

by Stuart Benjamin, David Doniger, Catherine Eagles and Jennifer Zachary

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

How Recent Supreme Court Decisions May Shape Regulation, Deference, and the Role of the Courts When it comes to administrative agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy. Last term, […]

This Superhero Wears a Robe: Chief Judge J.H. Corpening II

by Beth Dixon and Benjamin David

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

An unmistakable glow emanates from the top floor of the Department of Juvenile Justice building in Wilmington, N.C. In Chief Judge J.H. “J.” Corpening’s office, a yellow neon sign illuminates the […]

Felon: A Poetic Travelogue of Post-Incarceration

by Trivius Gerard Caldwell

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Reading Felon feels like witnessing a fountain pen bleed — its ink spreading indiscriminately, leaving indelible marks wherever it touches, yet there’s a haunting beauty in its uncontrolled flow. Reginald Dwayne Betts pens […]

The Chief Justice’s Ceremonial(ish) Inauguration Role

by Stephen Vladeck

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Pictured Above: President William McKinley’s inauguration was the first recorded on film; here he is sworn in by Chief Justice Melville Fuller with outgoing President Grover Cleveland at right. March […]

In This Edition (Table of Contents Vol. 108 No. 3)

by Judicature Staff

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Features Introduction BY AMELIA ASHTON THORN Problem-Solving Justice: Build a BRIDGE BY BRUCE HOWE HENDRICKS & PIPER R. BYZET Trauma-Informed Courts? How Judges May Influence Kids’ Experiences of Court BY […]