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by David F. Levi
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2The most recent Gallup polls show a striking loss of confidence by Americans in the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary more generally. Administered in June 2022, the poll showed Americans’ […]
by Edwin Bell
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2As the challenges of adjusting to the covid pandemic ease within state courts, persistent concerns regarding the fairness and equity of these same courts remain. Efforts to address these longer-term issues […]
by Melinda Myers Vaughn
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2U.S. District Court Judge Paul W. Grimm of the District of Maryland has been named director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law, starting Jan. 1, 2023.
by David F. Levi, M. Margaret McKeown, David G. Campbell, D. Todd Christofferson, Manuel Sager and J. Clifford Wallace
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Through more than 50 years of service on the federal bench, Judge J. Clifford Wallace, chief judge emeritus of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has led […]
by David F. Levi, Jack L. Goldsmith and Bob Bauer
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2At the invitation of the leaders of The American Law Institute (ALI), a group of legal experts representing a range of legal and political views has developed a slate of […]
by Michael C. Pollack
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Ask the average person to imagine what a judge does, and the answer will most likely be something right out of a courtroom from Law & Order — or Legally Blonde, Just Mercy, My […]
by Eva McKinsey, Samantha A. Zottola, Alexis Mitchell, Mark Heinen and Luke Ellmaker
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Research sends a clear message: The effects of trauma cannot be ignored within our court system. Up to 90 percent of adolescents and 75 percent of adults involved in the […]
by John M. Greacen
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2In modern times, a key question in access to justice has been: To what extent can court personnel assist unrepresented litigants in filing and managing their claims? The answer to […]
by Lee Reiners
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2By now, you have probably heard of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Perhaps, however, you have found the topics impenetrable or doubted their relevance to the courtroom. But cryptocurrency is a […]
by David F. Levi, Jeffrey S. Sutton, Diane P. Wood and Raymond J. Lohier Jr.
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2What can judges do about America’s declining trust in public institutions?
by Anthony Sanders
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2There are many great judges. Only some have a major impact on our law — or even more rarely on our larger culture and society — and most of those […]
by Joseph Kimble
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Since I didn’t wipe them out the first time (Summer 2018), I am reloading. Multiword prepositions—also called compound or complex or phrasal prepositions—are among the most noxious and pervasive small-scale faults in legal writing. […]
by Samuel A. Thumma and Jennifer Brooks
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2More than a century ago, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote that upstanding citizens “must turn square corners.” Senior Judge David R. Hansen, United States Court of Appeals for the […]
by Salmon A. Shomade
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Recently a huge controversy erupted in Zimbabwe over the alleged purchase of British horsehair wigs for Zimbabwean judges. Given the financial challenges ordinary Zimbabweans face, it was not surprising that […]
by Matthew McKnight
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Judge D. Brooks Smith, a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, received the Judge Justin Johnson Award from the Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, a civic […]
by Judicature Staff
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Features A Shining Example: Judge J. Clifford Wallace Receives the 2022 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law BY M. MARGARET MCKEOWN, D. TODD CHRISTOFFERSON, DAVID CAMPBELL, MANUEL SAGER, DAVID […]
by Teri Deal
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2When physical distancing measures required courts to quickly adapt operations, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) saw an opportunity to examine the experience of families and child welfare court […]
