Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) - Celebrating a Decade at Duke

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Looking Back: Celebrating 10 Years at Duke

by Robin L. Rosenberg

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

This issue of Judicature looks in the mirror. Duke Law School assumed the mantle and mission of Judicature after its previous publisher of nearly a century, the American Judicature Society, disbanded in 2014. […]

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Technology for Remote and Hybrid Hearings: Lessons From NCSC’s Court Innovation Lab

by Grace Haviland

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) have long underscored the need for technological innovation in the court system, especially the need for courts […]

Judicial Honors: Vol. 109 No. 1

by Michelle Kaminsky

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Judge LEE H. ROSENTHAL, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Law Institute (ALI). The award is given […]

Some Pet Peeves (PDF)

by Joseph Kimble

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Everyone who writes about writing or cares about it is entitled to a few pet peeves. Below are some of mine. I won’t quote real examples for the first two […]

A crystal award in the shape of a shield sits on a blue cloth-covered table. The award is etched with the word “BOLCH” and an abstract design. The black base is engraved with: “2025 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law – Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani – Supreme Court of Pakistan.” In the blurred background is a green and black sign reading “BOLCH Judicial Institute.”

Former Pakistan Chief Justice Jillani Receives 2025 Bolch Prize

by Michelle Kaminsky

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Photos by Les Todd /LKT Photography Inc At an evening ceremony at Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art on April 16, the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School honored […]

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Mobilizing the Legal Profession to Defend the Judiciary

by Michelle Kaminsky

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

In fall 2024, the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School hosted a conference as part of its Defending the Judiciary initiative, which aims to mobilize the legal profession to defend […]

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Staying Safe: Five Steps Judges Can Take Now

by Ron Zayas

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Judges have always been subject to scrutiny, second-guessing, and threats. But as Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. noted in his 2024 year-end report, the U.S. Marshals Service has reported […]

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Reviving Rules 16 and 26

by Jon Phipps McCalla

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Rule 16 (on pretrial conferences and scheduling) and Rule 26 (on disclosures and discovery) give judges important tools to improve case management. Here’s how they should use them. Click here […]

The State of Science in the Courtroom: A Scientist’s Reflections From Conversations With Federal Judges

by Rebekah L. Petroff and Chelsea S. Queen

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Rebekah Petroff, a scientist who worked at the Federal Judicial Center, examines how judges frequently grapple with making definitive decisions based on uncertain scientific evidence. In September 2023, I entered […]

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Asking All the Right Questions: Benefits of Juror Questionnaires and Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire

by Stephen R. Bough and Kaitlin Minkler

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

The Seventh Amendment guarantees litigants a right to trial by jury, and, for more than 200 years, the voir dire process has been used in the United States to ensure […]

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Valuing Truth ‘Fullness’: Lessons from Jury Trials

by Gregory Mize

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Public officials across the country took oaths of office during the opening weeks of 2025. Each swore or affirmed their commitment to faithfully execute their duties and to protect and […]

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Judicial Well-Being: From an ‘Unmentionable Topic’ to a Global Conversation

by Carly Schrever

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

On March 4, 2025, the United Nations General Assembly voted to declare July 25 as the International Day for Judicial Well-being. The day joins a calendar of just over 200 […]

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The Global Landscape of Judicial Well-being: A Roundtable Discussion

by Rangajeeva Wimalasena, Lynne C. Leitch, Carly Schrever and Jeremy Fogel

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

The following is an excerpt of a recent roundtable conversation Judicature International between Judge Jeremy Fogel, retired federal judge and executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute; three drafters of the Nauru […]

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Current Challenges Facing the Judiciary

by David F. Levi, Diane P. Wood, Bob Bauer, Jack L. Goldsmith and Lee Rosenthal

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Ten years ago, Duke Law School began publishing Judicature. Among the articles published in that first Duke edition was a lecture titled “Grand Challenges, Grand Ideas,” by David F. Levi, […]

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Judicature: A Decade at Duke

by Amelia Ashton Thorn and Jake McAuliffe

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

A 10-year Look Back At Some Of Our Favorite Articles In 2015, Duke Law School took over publication of Judicature from the American Judicature Society, recentering the journal on issues […]

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Ruling With Heart & Humor: Senior Judge Charles R. Breyer

by Vince Chhabria

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

In 1997, during my second year of law school, I had clerkship interviews with four federal district judges. Nothing panned out. Obviously, I was pretty disappointed, but this ended up […]

James Madison Fellows Tammy Bean, Alabama, and Anthony Cherry, Oklahoma, with Melissa Rankin, civics coordinator for the Southern District of Alabama.

Engaging Judges and Teachers to Boost Civic Education

by Rebecca Fanning

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

PICTURED ABOVE (L-R): James Madison Fellows Tammy Bean, Alabama, and Anthony Cherry, Oklahoma, with Melissa Rankin, civics coordinator for the Southern District of Alabama Federal judges, court professionals, outstanding teachers, […]

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In This Edition (Table of Contents Vol. 109 No. 1)

by Judicature Staff

Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at Duke

Features Former Pakistan Chief Justice Jillani Receives 2025 Bolch Prize ADÈLE KENT, BILL NEUKOM & TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI Mobilizing the Legal Profession to Defend the Judiciary MICHELLE KAMINSKY Staying Safe: Five […]