Find a summary of news and headlines related to courts, judiciaries, and the rule of law from around the world in October 2022.
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 […]
by Samuel A. Thumma and Jennifer Brooks
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?More 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 […]
by Lee Reiners
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?By 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 […]
by Eva McKinsey, Samantha A. Zottola, Alexis Mitchell, Mark Heinen and Luke Ellmaker
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?Research 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Heather Cron
Vol. 103 No. 1 | Navigating Rough SeasThrough 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 […]