Law & Culture

Feature

In Daniel’s Name

by Esther Salas and Robin L. Rosenberg

Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

Daniel Mark Anderl gave his life to protect his parents. Now his parents are making sure his heroic act also protects other judges and their families. In July 2020, an […]

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Judicial Honors

Judicial Honors Vol. 107 No. 2

by Oria Wilson-Iguade

Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

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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Redlines

Minimize prepositional phrases. Question every of. (Part 2, PDF)

by Joseph Kimble

Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

In the previous column, I said that unnecessary prepositional phrases are perhaps the single biggest cause of sentence-level verbosity in legal writing […]

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Judicial Honors

Judicial Honors: Vol. 107 No. 1

by Judicature Staff

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

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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A Finer Point

Renaming Maryland’s Appellate Courts

by Jonathan Biran

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

What’s in a name? According to Maryland’s voters, there’s something to it. […]

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Book Review

The First Fifteen

by W K Hastings

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

This is a book written with generosity and bravery. It is generous in the sense that 15 Asian American women have decided to share their stories about how they became […]

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Redlines

Minimize prepositional phrases. Question every of. (Part 1; PDF)

by Joseph Kimble

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

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Feature

John Marshall’s Judicial Robe: Witness to Constitutional History

by Kevin C. Walsh

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

Over time, Chief Justice John Marshall’s black judicial robe has assumed a status as fabled as his opinion for the Court in Marbury v. Madison — and one that is just as steeped in myth. […]

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In Conversation

Faith in Law

by David F. Levi and Dallin H. Oaks

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

David F. Levi interviews Dallin H. Oaks, a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and former justice of the Utah Supreme Court, on faith, democracy, and how believers and nonbelievers can work together toward a more free and fair society for all. […]

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Feature

The State of Judges’ Well-Being: A Report on the 2019 National Judicial Stress and Resiliency Survey

by Terry A. Maroney, David X. Swenson, Joan Bibelhausen and David Marc

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper Litigation

Judges 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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