Judging

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

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Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL Vortex

Passing the torch It was with great sadness that, after more than 100 years advocating for integrity in American justice, the board of the directors for the American Judicature Society […]

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From the Editor in Chief

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Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL Vortex

This is the second edition of Judicature since its publication was assumed by Duke Law School and its Judicial Studies Center, and the feedback from the first edition has been both […]

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Supremes

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Pictured Above, from Left: Hattie Henenberg, Hortense Ward, and Ruth Brazzil comprised the Texas Special Supreme Court in 1925. Photo credit: Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. Today, about a third […]

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A Mentor to All: Addeliar D. (“Dell”) Guy III

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Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98

Published January 2015 In 1964, Judge Addeliar D. (“Dell”) Guy III became the first African-American to practice law in the state of Nevada. Eleven years later, he was appointed as […]

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Measuring Judging

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, and Richard Posner have written a book that is monumental in its scope and yet falls frustratingly short in achieving its aspirations. Actually, it is best […]

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The View From the Bench: What Grand Challenges Do You See In Your Court?

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Dean Levi turns to leaders in the judiciary — Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye (Supreme Court of California), Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht (Supreme Court of Texas), and Chief Judge Robert […]

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Grand Challenges, Grand Ideas

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Ideas for surmounting the biggest challenges facing the judiciary and the legal profession today. In delivering the Lloyd D. George Lecture on the Judicial Process at UNLV William S. Boyd […]

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Why Putting Cameras In the Courtroom Is Not As Crazy As You Think

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Public interest in the American jury system is at an all-time high. Late last year, NPR’s hit podcast “Serial” pulled in over 1 million listeners per week as it recounted […]

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Tweet this: Jurors aren’t abusing social media in the courtroom. Yet.

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Despite fears to the contrary, a recent report from the Federal Judicial Center indicates that jurors do not seem to be using social media frequently during trials — yet. The report, issued in late […]

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Editor’s Note – Summer 2015

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

There may be, as F. Scott Fitzgerald observed in The Last Tycoon, no second acts in American lives, but through the leadership and imagination of Dean David Levi and the […]

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