Judging
From the Editor in Chief
What the Law Commands
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data Analytics“If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If […]
Perspective
A(nother) New Plan for Clerkship Hiring
by Diane P. Wood and Aaron Nielson
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightOn February 28, 2018, an unofficial ad-hoc committee of federal judges announced a new version of a law clerk hiring plan, a revision of an earlier system that was tried […]
Perspective
Not So Fast: A Response to the Garner Response to My Article on Lockhart
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightIn the Spring 2018 edition of Judicature, Bryan Garner, an old friend, responded to my article in the previous issue,[1] an article that took the form of a mock opinion […]
Perspective
Reflections on a Reentry Court
by Jeffrey Alker Meyer and Carly Levenson
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightKevin hesitates in the doorway before entering Courtroom 3. When Kevin was 26, he was tried and sentenced in this courtroom. The judge who presided over his trial and sentencing […]
Feature
Reentry philosophies, approaches, and challenges
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightCompeting 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, […]
The Storied Third Branch
A Giant Among Men: Sammie Chess, Jr.
by Joe Webster
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightThis tribute is based on Judge Webster’s book, The Making and Measure of a Judge: Biography of the Honorable Sammie Chess, Jr. (Chapel Hill Press, 2017.) All page numbers reference […]
From the Editor in Chief
From the Editor: Toward a More Perfect Union
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightIn 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 […]
Lastly
Five Ways Judges Can Improve Well-being
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?While judicial stressors are legion, resources to help judges combat stress are slim. Fortunately, social science research now touts a host of evidence-based practices that can help judges learn to […]
Book Review
Why Do We Do the Things We Do?
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?Within the next decade, Behave will be a book that most educated people have read (or will feel obligated to give the impression they have read), joining likes of The […]
Feature
The Changing Science on Memory and Demeanor – and What It Means for Trial Judges
by Mark Bennett
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?Unless my experience of trying hundreds of federal civil and criminal jury trials in five federal districts is idiosyncratic, in virtually every case, a verdict turns on the perceived accuracy […]