Judging

David F. Levi

From The Publisher

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Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic Fail

What an honor it is for me to greet you as the inaugural director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. As you will read in this journal, […]

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From the Editor: Thank you

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Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic Fail

Welcome to the spring edition of Judicature. This edition includes an announcement of a very significant gift to benefit Duke’s judicial studies programs and Judicature: a $10 million gift from […]

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JHEALTH: How the Tenth Circuit is Improving the Health and Performance of Federal Judges

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Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic Fail

Being a judge offers many benefits — prestige, intellectual stimulation, autonomy, and the opportunity to provide a community service. But the simple fact is that being a judge does not […]

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She Lifted Her Voice: Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005) U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

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Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and Bail

Although she loved music, she could not sing. She was such a bad singer that, as a little girl growing up in New Haven, she was asked to leave the […]

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Justice Cheri Beasley with Linda McGee photo

Judicial Honors Fall 2019

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Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and Bail

Kem Thompson Frost, chief justice of Texas’s Court of Appeals-14th District, has been named a 2019 Outstanding Texas Leader and inducted into the Texas Leadership Hall of Fame by JBS […]

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A Hero’s Life: Michael D. Ryan, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona

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Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?

A war hero. A respected jurist. A humble servant. A mentor. A friend. A beloved husband, father, and grandfather. All these tags fit Michael D. Ryan, a former associate justice […]

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Icon of the Bench and Gridiron: Kim Hammond, Judge, Seventh Judicial Court, Florida

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Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic Fail

The names of courthouses are not something that the average person would notice. They include the directional and mundane and, occasionally, the name of an important person in the eyes […]

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Judge Pamela Chen speaking at a graduation ceremony

Judicial Honors

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

Nina Ashenafi-Richardson, a judge with the Leon County Court system in Florida and the first Ethiopian-born judge in the United States, received the Florida Bar’s 2019 Distinguished Judicial Service Award […]

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Judge Donald

From the Editor: Toward a More Perfect Union

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

In 2018, as the nation commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment, stakeholders in the justice system should reflect on our successes and failures along the continuum for equal […]

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reentry philosophies, approaches, and challenges

Reentry philosophies, approaches, and challenges

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

Competing notions of crime and punishment have shaped the administration of criminal justice in the United States ever since the Quakers established the Walnut Street Prison in 1773 in Philadelphia, […]

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