Judicial Honors
Judge Nitza Quiñones Alejandro of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania received the 2023 La Justicia Award from the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania, an organization she helped […]
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Features Perfecting Jury Trials BY GREGORY E. MIZE Let Jurors Ask Questions JENNIFER BAILEY Virtual Voir Dire Works — for Courts and Jurors RACHEL KRAUSE Preliminary Instructions Can Boost Participation […]
Judicial Honors
The Forney Independent School District in Forney, Texas, opened a new elementary school named in honor of alumnus Judge DON WILLETT of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The […]
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Writers may have their noms de plume; revolutionaries may have noms de guerre. Here, though, we will speak of (to coin a phrase) the noms de litige, and ask: When […]
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by Terry A. Maroney, David X. Swenson, Joan Bibelhausen and David Marc
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationJudges have always faced significant stressors, including the burden of consequential decision-making, exposure to disturbing evidence, and isolation. While every judicial assignment has its own mix of concerns, challenge is […]
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by Juan G. Villaseñor and Laurel Quinto
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationAt every jury trial over which I preside, I tell prospective jurors that jury trials are a fundamental part of our judicial system and our system of government. I remind […]
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The medical malpractice trial involved a claim that an oncologist had delayed diagnosing the cancer in the plaintiff’s arm. As a result, his arm had to be amputated at the […]
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by Gregory Mize
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationDespite deep societal divisions, jury trials remain oases for resolving disputes in a civil, orderly, and deliberative way. In courtroom theaters, jurors daily sort through conflicting and sometimes horrifying evidence. […]
From the Publisher
A lot has changed since the summer of 2015. At that time, I was in the second session of the Master of Judicial Studies LLM program at Duke School of […]
Postcards, Q&A
In Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. […]
