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Judicature

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Bolch Judicial Institute
Duke Law School

State Courts

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Cell Phones in Court: Court cell phone policies attempt to balance risks with litigants’ needs

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Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data Analytics

A 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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Perceptions of Bias: Do Campaign Contributions Create Public Perceptions of Judicial Bias?

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Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data Analytics

In a number of cases, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended the licenses of lawyers who had loaned money directly to the trial judge who was hearing their clients’ cases. They […]

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Going, Going, But Not Quite Gone: Trials Continue to Decline in Federal and State Courts. Does it Matter?

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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. […]

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How State Courts are Preparing for Continuity in Disaster

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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

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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 […]

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