Judging
Judicial Honors
Judicial Honors: Autumn 2016
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?JAMES F. REITZ, a judge on the Putnam County Court in New York, was celebrated at the Patterson Rotary Club’s “Men Who Cook” fundraiser for his efforts to make Putnam […]
From the Editor in Chief
From the Editor in Chief: Virginia Baker Norton
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?Judge Norton is pictured above and at right with fellow 2016 graduates of Duke’s judicial studies LL.M. program. Left to right: Judges Donald Molloy, Robert Morris, Norton, and Julia Prahl. In […]
Briefs
Crossing the line? Recent ethics cases show that the line between personal and judicial conduct can be blurred
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?Not all extrajudicial conduct on which the public may frown has been considered sanctionable in judicial discipline proceedings; after all, as Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in The Strange Case of Dr. […]
Feature
Federal Judges and Public Attention
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?{THE CAST OF CHARACTERS} Federal courts law professor LANG FELL Federal circuit judge COAR DAPPEL Federal district judge NIELSEN PRIUS Federal bankruptcy judge CHIP TERLEVEN Federal magistrate judge MADGE STRAIT Federal trial lawyer TALAGUD STOREY Federal […]
Feature
The Fluidity of Judicial Coalitions
by Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Frank Sullivan Jr. and Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?A surprising look at coalitions within the supreme courts of the United States and Indiana In June 2001, the United States Supreme Court decided three closely watched deportation cases by […]
The Storied Third Branch
Robert L. Carter’s Commitment to Justice
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?As an NAACP Lawyer, Robert L. Carter litigated countless milestone cases, including Brown v. Board of Education. He was such a passionate voice for civil rights that it might appear incongruous […]
Feature
Who appointed me God? Reflections of a Judge on Criminal Sentencing
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?In my 14 years as a federal district judge, I estimate that I have sentenced well over 2,000 individuals.1 Sentencing is the most multifaceted, emotional, and challenging task a judge […]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Vol. 100 No. 4 (2016) | Steady As She Goes— Features — REVISED GUIDELINES & PRACTICES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE 2015 DISCOVERY AMENDMENTS TO ACHIEVE PROPORTIONALITY Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies HOW TWO NEW RULES FOR SELF-AUTHENTICATION WILL SAVE […]
Briefs
When to Disqualify?
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 100 No. 4 (2016) | Steady As She GoesSupreme Court pushes states to develop – and use – clearer recusal procedures THE U.S. SUPREME COURT’S 2009 DECISION IN CAPERTON V. A.T. MASSEY COAL CO., 556 U.S. 868 (2009) WAS […]
Feature
Money or Justice? How Fees and Fines Have Contributed to Distrust and What Chief Justices Can Do About It
by David F. Levi, Nathan Hecht, Patricia Breckenridge, Maureen O'Connor, Martin Hoshino and Mary McQueen
Vol. 100 No. 4 (2016) | Steady As She GoesDuke Law Dean David F. Levi recently convened a roundtable discussion among leaders of a national task force that aims to study and address the courts’ role in the problems […]