Court Administration
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Visiting Judges: Riding Circuit and Beyond
Vol. 106 No. 3 (2023) | Forging New TrailsThe curious phenomenon of visiting judges and its serious benefits to the federal courts There is a curious phenomenon in the federal courts. An attorney recently arguing before the First Circuit […]
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Best Practices for Trauma-Informed Virtual Hearings
by Teri Deal
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | Losing faith?When 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 […]
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Legal Information vs. Legal Advice: A 25 Year Retrospective
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | Losing faith?In 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 […]
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Judges, Judging and Otherwise
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | Losing faith?Ask 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 â or Legally Blonde, Just Mercy, My […]
Briefs
On the Hill: PATENT Act Aims To Curb Patent Trolls
by Arti K. Rai
Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL VortexOn Apr. 29, a bipartisan coalition of Senate Judiciary Committee members led by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced the Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act of […]
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Involve, Inform, Inspire
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily EngagedMy first civics teacher was my father. He was a World War II veteran and a POW for 16 months, three of which were spent in extreme winter conditions on […]
Redlines
Another plea to hold the acronyms (PDF)
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceFirst, a technical distinction:Â an acronym is pronounced as a word (âscubaâ = self-contained underwater breathing apparatus); an initialism is pronounced letter by letter (âIBMâ). Informally, âacronymâ is often used for […]
Case Note
Labrier an example of new proportionality rules at work
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?In December 2015, the amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b) took effect. These amendments, highlighted in Judicatureâs Winter 2015 issue, moved the proportionality provisions from Rule 26(b)(2)(C)(iii), as a limit on discovery, […]
Briefs
How the States Avoid Supreme Stalemates
Vol. 100 No. 4 (2016) | Steady As She GoesState high courts avoid tie votes in a variety of ways, some more juris-prudent than others. Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing portends a seismic realtering of the Supreme Court’s ideological balance. […]
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Cross Border Discovery at a Crossroads
Vol. 100 No. 4 (2016) | Steady As She GoesAlong with explosive globalization, including the ease with which parties can conduct business abroad, there has been a concomitant need for international legal systems to consider exchange of information across […]