Point/Counterpoint
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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When a district court or a court of appeals has an unusually large backlog, Congress sometimes authorizes what is called a “temporary judgeship.” Several aspects of the concept of a […]
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A scholar considers how judges have contributed to historically high incarceration rates — and how they can help reverse the trend. While the American criminal justice system was once known […]
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The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has been named the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School (which publishes Judicature). She will be honored at a ceremony on Duke’s campus in April. […]
From the Publisher
Those who become judges don the robe expecting to work hard. They accept that the job comes with heavy caseloads, endless filings to read, and difficult decisions that must be made […]
Book Review
by W K Hastings
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationThis is a book written with generosity and bravery. It is generous in the sense that 15 Asian American women have decided to share their stories about how they became […]
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by Kannon K. Shanmugam, Sarah Boyce and Erwin Chemerinsky
Vol. 106 No. 3 (2023) | Forging New TrailsJustice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court closes the book on a nearly 30-year term filled with erudite opinions. But it also marks the end of a unique presence in oral arguments. […]
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The 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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by Diane P. Wood, Renee Knake Jefferson and Hannah Brenner Johnson
Vol. 106 No. 3 (2023) | Forging New TrailsWhen Kentanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, she became the sixth woman to take the bench on the nation’s highest court. Her addition also put […]
Book Review
There are many great judges. Only some have a major impact on our law — or even more rarely on our larger culture and society — and most of those […]
