Court Administration
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Challenges in Appellate Review of Video- and Audio-Recorded Trial Evidence
Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the PeopleVideo and audio don’t always speak for themselves. In appellate courts, the significance and weight of recorded evidence often will turn on perception as much as precedent. The proliferation of […]
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Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trials
Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the PeopleThe American justice system has evolved at a dizzying pace over the past several years.1 COVID-19 spurred many changes, especially the rapid implementation of remote technologies. Other influences predated the pandemic, […]
Redlines
Some more pet peeves (PDF)
Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the PeopleIn this Redlines column, Joseph Kimble examines a series of small but telling writing habits that regularly appear in judicial opinions and legal documents. None of these missteps is serious […]
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Staying Safe: Five Steps Judges Can Take Now
by Ron Zayas
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukeJudges 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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Restorative Justice: A New Conversation for Victims and Offenders
by Mariah Bauguess and Juan G. Villaseñor
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsRestorative 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 […]
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Courting Quality: A Survey of Quality Management Practices in American Courts
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?Quality management — or the practices an organization creates to ensure customer requirements are met — is usually associated with the corporate world. But its aims are just as relevant to […]
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“But Is It Reasoned?”
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?When it comes to finding reasons in arbitration awards, some courts are being, well, unreasonable.
A Finer Point
Better Services for Familiar Faces
by Briana H. Zamora and Michael Boggs
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeUnderstanding mental illness and addiction is rarely thought of as part of the necessary education for judges. Yet judges throughout our country are continually forced to confront the effects of […]
Point/Counterpoint
The Docket Debate
by Stephen Vladeck and Trevor N. McFadden
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeEmergency appeals to the Supreme Court are on the rise, giving way to more and more cases in which the Court skips the processes that help explain its work. Is […]
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Salus Populi: Educating Judges on the Social Determinants of Health
by Linda Tvrdy, Elaine Marshall, Katherine P. Hazen, Alexandra M. Alden, Alisa K. Lincoln and Wendy E. Parmet
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeEmpirical research confirms what may be intuitive: Judicial decisions can have a powerful effect on the health outcomes of both individuals and communities. Certainly, when judges review or interpret laws, regulations, […]