Judging
In Conversation
In Conversation About the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s New Mass Atrocity Prevention Training
by Tatiana Varanko and Ann O’Rourke
Judicature International (2024) | An online-only publicationThe new online course “Lessons in Leadership: Criminal Justice Approaches for Preventing Mass Atrocities” emphasizes accountability and ethical decision-making.
Judicial Honors
Allyson K. Duncan: Quietly Tenacious, Fervently Committed
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: Judge Duncan with her portrait, which was installed at Duke Law School in 2018 and was painted by Gale Fulton Ross. Ross earlier painted one of Duncan’s mother, […]
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Invaluable Knowledge: How Trial Judge Experience Shapes Intermediate Appellate Review
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaImagine that you (a former civil trial judge) and your colleague (a former tax court judge) are on an appellate panel assigned to adjudicate two appeals. One is an appeal […]
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the “Freshman Effect”
by John M. Scheb, II and Lee W. Ailshie
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Contrary to expectations, the newest justice quickly adapted to her environment and almost immediately began participating fully in the work of the Court.
Q&A
Judges in the U.S. and India Cultivate a Shared Commitment to Lifelong Learning
by Jonathan E. Hawley, Cristobal Diaz and Anthony E. Porcelli
Judicature International (2023) | An online-only publicationU.S. and Indian judges unite in judicial education exchange programs focused on terrorism, cybercrimes, and human trafficking.
Table of Contents
In This Edition (Table of Contents Vol 107 No 2)
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsFeatures In Daniel’s Name ESTHER SALAS & ROBIN L. ROSENBERG Should the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Be Amended to Address Cross-Border Discovery? MICHAEL M. BAYLSON & STEVEN S. GENSLER […]
Book Review
Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson’s Prescient, Bold Vision of Justice
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsI began reading this book because of the great respect, affection, and admiration I have for my esteemed colleague, the Honorable Dorothy Nelson, senior circuit judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. […]
Perspective
Neutrality Can Be Maddening to the Public. And to Judges, Too.
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsThose drawn to careers in law often want to save the world. When we decided on law school, we hoped to wield the armor and lance of the law to ensure civil rights, make people whole, and do justice. Some of us became judges, many accepting a reduction in salary to do public service. […]
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What Can Be Done About Backlogs?
by Merritt McAlister, Adalberto Jordán and Kimberly J. Mueller
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsNo new judgeships have been authorized for the federal courts of appeals in more than 40 years, resulting in a system that is burdened by large caseloads: By 2021, filings […]
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En Banc or In Bank? Take a Seat . . .
by Matt Liles* and Anthony B. Sanders†
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsWhy do judges and lawyers use the phrase “en banc”? Why not just say “the whole court” instead of getting all Continental? If the King’s English was good enough for […]