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Judge D. Brooks Smith, a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, received the Judge Justin Johnson Award from the Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, a civic […]
The Storied Third Branch
by Samuel A. Thumma and Jennifer Brooks
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2More than a century ago, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote that upstanding citizens “must turn square corners.” Senior Judge David R. Hansen, United States Court of Appeals for the […]
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by Lee Reiners
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2By now, you have probably heard of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Perhaps, however, you have found the topics impenetrable or doubted their relevance to the courtroom. But cryptocurrency is a […]
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by Eva McKinsey, Samantha A. Zottola, Alexis Mitchell, Mark Heinen and Luke Ellmaker
Summer 2022 | Volume 106 Number 2Research sends a clear message: The effects of trauma cannot be ignored within our court system. Up to 90 percent of adolescents and 75 percent of adults involved in the […]
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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 — or Legally Blonde, Just Mercy, My […]
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Departments BRIEFS States Continue to Experiment with Partisan Judicial Elections A New Editorial Board for Judicature Justice Kennedy Named Inaugural Recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law Law […]
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The Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School will award the first annual Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (Retired) during a […]
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by Heather Cron
Spring 2019 | Volume 103 Number 1Through the Master of Judicial Studies degree program at Duke Law School, judges not only participate in rigorous courses taught by top legal scholars and professionals, but they also develop […]
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by Cynthia Gray
Autumn 2015 | Volume 99 Number 2When can judges serve on commissions or engage in political activity? Many provisions in the code of judicial conduct refer to “the law, the legal system, or the administration of […]
