Archive: June 2023

Call All Jurors To Serve

In 1992, New York Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye charged 30 lawyers, judges, court administrators, academics, and citizens to find ways to improve the jury service experience for citizens who […]

Pre-Deliberation Discussion Makes Sense

At every jury trial over which I preside, I tell prospective jurors that jury trials are a fundamental part of our judicial system and our system of government. I remind […]

Virtual Voir Dire Works — for Courts and Jurors

As the COVID-19 pandemic began rolling through the United States, medical staffs were as busy as they had ever been. News reports showed doctors and nurses grabbing quick naps between […]

Let Jurors Ask Questions

The medical malpractice trial involved a claim that an oncologist had delayed diagnosing the cancer in the plaintiff’s arm. As a result, his arm had to be amputated at the […]

Preliminary Instructions Can Boost Participation

For decades, Arizona’s state courts have spearheaded reforming and improving jury trials. Thirty years ago, the Arizona Supreme Court noted that juries and jury trials had come under increased scrutiny, […]

How States Set Judicial Salaries

The question of judicial compensation — not just how much, but the mechanism used to set the amount — has been a part of the American discourse on judicial independence since […]

You Are Being Scanned

It’s 1890. Responding in part to the invention of “instantaneous” photography, Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis write The Right to Privacy, urging legal recognition of “the right to be let alone,” which […]

David F. Levi

Civic Education: Answering the Call

This edition of Judicature highlights some of the excellent work that courts and judges are doing to advance civic education in our country. Their efforts respond to Chief Justice John G. Roberts […]

Justice Robert Jackson at the Nuremberg Trials

Justice Jackson’s Persistent Post-Nuremberg Legacy

Justice Jackson’s post-Nuremberg legacy — his “dispassionate approach” to criminal procedure — continues to shape modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.

Evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport

The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan

The current rule of law crisis has roots in Afghanistan’s 2004 constitution, which created a flawed separation of powers system.