State Courts
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Guidance on New Rule 23 Class Action Settlement Provisions
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsOn Dec. 1, 2018, amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Rule of Procedure 23 take effect. The amendments require lawyers to provide additional information up front for the court to […]
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Data Validation: A crucial step toward controlling and understanding your data
by George Socha and Saaya Shah
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsWe all know the volume of data in litigation — particularly email data — continues to grow rapidly, with no sign of abating. That growth is forcing litigants to come […]
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Cell Phones in Court: Court cell phone policies attempt to balance risks with litigants’ needs
by William Raftery and Deborah W. Smith
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsA resolution adopted by the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators in August 2018 (Resolution 7) encourages courts to carefully review and assess their policies for […]
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A Matter of Style: Perceptions of Chief Justice Leadership on State Supreme Courts With an Eye Toward Gendered Differences
by Charlie Hollis Whittington and Mikel Norris
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightAlthough most research on court leadership still focuses on the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, researchers are increasingly interested in state supreme courts, and with good reason. […]
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Change Agents: Looking to State Constitutions for Rights Innovations
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightThe following is an excerpt from 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law (© 2018 by Jeffrey Sutton, published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.) […]
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Going, Going, But Not Quite Gone: Trials Continue to Decline in Federal and State Courts. Does it Matter?
by Jeffrey Q. Smith and Grant R. MacQueen
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?Trials, particularly jury trials, once played a central role in the American legal system. No longer. While trial remains a theoretical possibility in every case, the reality is quite different. […]
The Storied Third Branch
A Hero’s Life: Michael D. Ryan, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?A war hero. A respected jurist. A humble servant. A mentor. A friend. A beloved husband, father, and grandfather. All these tags fit Michael D. Ryan, a former associate justice […]
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How State Courts are Preparing for Continuity in Disaster
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?As hurricanes threatened the southern parts of the United States this summer and fall, state courts were confronted with the challenge of not just maintaining operations but also determining when […]
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Far More Than Mere Mistakes: Judicial Commissions Sanction Judges Who Impose Fines Without Due Process
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?In the roundtable discussion “Money or Justice? How Fees and Fines Have Contributed to Deep Distrust of the Courts — And What Chief Judges Are Doing About It” (from the […]