Court Administration
In Conversation
Fixing Fees, Fines & Bail: Toward a Fairer System of Justice
by David F. Levi, Douglas Beach, Mark Martin, Scott Bales, Martin Hoshino, Mary McQueen, Judith Nakamura and Stuart Rabner
Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and BailState Chief Justices and Court Administrators Discuss What’s Working ā And What’s Not ā As Courts Strive to Reform Fees, Fines, and Bail Practices Long ignored and highly localized, abusive […]
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Proposed Standards and Best Practices for Large and Mass-Tort MDLs
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightThe Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order on Dec. 12, 2017, centralizing 46 pending actions alleging improper marketing of and inappropriate distribution of various prescription opiate medications into […]
Perspective
Reflections on a Reentry Court
by Jeffrey Alker Meyer and Carly Levenson
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightKevin hesitates in the doorway before entering Courtroom 3. When Kevin was 26, he was tried and sentenced in this courtroom. The judge who presided over his trial and sentencing […]
Briefs
The Disappearing Probate Court
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?In 1967, Maine voters amended the state constitution to authorize the elimination of the stateās county-controlled, county-operated, county-funded Probate Courts.[1] In 2019, the Maine legislature debated a āconcept draftā enabling […]
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Can Federal Sentencing Remain Transparent?
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasCriminal trials have virtually disappeared in many federal courtrooms. According to a recent U.S. Sentencing Commission report, ā[i]n recent years, 97 percent of federal defendants convicted of a felony or […]
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Conversations of a Lifetime: The Power of the Sentencing Colloquy and How to Make It Matter
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?In recent years, there has been increased attention on sentencing, and particularly sentencing disparities. The thrust and focus of this attention have been on the statistics of sentencing and reforms, […]
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Taking “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” Seriously
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?Editorās note: This article was written by Judge Jon O. Newman during his tenure as the Bolch Judicial Instituteās inaugural Distinguished Judge in Residence. The Instituteās Distinguished Judge in Residence […]
Perspective
Clerking to Excess? The Case Against Second (and Third and Fourth) Clerkships
by Gregg Costa
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsThere can be too much of a good thing. We know thatās true for food and drink, but we havenāt yet realized itās also true for judicial clerkships. There has […]
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The Courtsā Views on Ghostwriting Ethics
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsThe Courtsā Views on Ghostwriting Ethics Are Wildly Divergent. Itās Time to Find Uniformity and Enhance Access to Justice. Since the mid-1990s, advocates for increased access to justice have touted […]
Briefs
Far More Than Mere Mistakes: Judicial Commissions Sanction Judges Who Impose Fines Without Due Process
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?In the roundtable discussion āMoney or Justice? How Fees and Fines Have Contributed to Deep Distrust of the Courts ā And What Chief Judges Are Doing About Itā (from the […]