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 Bail

State Chief Justices and Court Administrators Discuss What’s Working — And What’s Not — 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

by Judicature Staff

Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World Right

The 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 […]

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Perspective

Reflections on a Reentry Court

by Jeffrey Alker Meyer and Carly Levenson

Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World Right

Kevin 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 […]

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Briefs

The Disappearing Probate Court

by William Raftery

Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?

In 1967, Maine voters amended the state constitution to authorize the elimination of the state’s county-controlled, county-operated, county-funded Probate Courts.[1] In 2019, the Maine legislature debated a “concept draft” enabling […]

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Can Federal Sentencing Remain Transparent?

by D. Brock Hornby

Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough Seas

Criminal trials have virtually disappeared in many federal courtrooms. According to a recent U.S. Sentencing Commission report, “[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

by Robin L. Rosenberg

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

by Jon O. Newman

Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?

Editor’s note: This article was written by Judge Jon O. Newman during his tenure as the Bolch Judicial Institute’s inaugural Distinguished Judge in Residence. The Institute’s Distinguished Judge in Residence […]

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Perspective

Clerking to Excess? The Case Against Second (and Third and Fourth) Clerkships

by Gregg Costa

Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data Analytics

There can be too much of a good thing. We know that’s true for food and drink, but we haven’t yet realized it’s also true for judicial clerkships. There has […]

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The Courts’ Views on Ghostwriting Ethics

by Jona Goldschmidt

Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data Analytics

The Courts’ Views on Ghostwriting Ethics Are Wildly Divergent. It’s Time to Find Uniformity and Enhance Access to Justice. Since the mid-1990s, advocates for increased access to justice have touted […]

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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 “Money or Justice? How Fees and Fines Have Contributed to Deep Distrust of the Courts — And What Chief Judges Are Doing About It” (from the […]

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