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A Model of Collegiality: Judge Harry T. Edwards
by Pamela Harris, Daphna Renan and Sri Srinivasan
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldOne of Judge Harry Edwards’s successors as chief judge of the D.C. Circuit has called Judge Edwards the “Great Chief.” That is a fitting appellation. While Judge Edwards could serve […]
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A Model Trial Judge: U.S. District Judge Sim Lake
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered Courts(Judge Jennifer Elrod is is pictured above with Judge Lake on the day he swore her into the Texas bar in 1992; photo courtesy Jennifer Elrod.) Born on the last Independence […]
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The ‘Duke’ of the Federal Court: Celebrating Gerald B. Tjoflat’s 50 Years as a Federal Judge
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchAs a card-carrying member of “the Union,” those of us fortunate to have served as law clerks to the Hon. Gerald Bard Tjoflat, I receive an annual letter from His […]
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Gentleman Judge and Magnificent Man: Judge J. William Ditter, Jr.
Vol. 101 No. 3 (2017) | Bold and Persistent ReformThe Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a large, collegial trial court where quick humor and timely touches of humanity are as highly valued as intelligence and integrity. Even though this […]
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Justice Beverley McLachlin: A Remarkable Journey to the ‘Centre Chair’
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDAbove: Beverley McLachlin, 17th Chief Justice of Canada (Photo by Roy Grogran, courtesy of the Supreme Court of Canada) Beverley McLachlin, widely regarded as one of the best legal minds […]
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The One Who Could: Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Vol. 104 No. 1 (2020) | A Clearer ViewABOVE: U.S. District Judge Lawrence O’Neill, right, with Senior U.S. District Judge Morrison England, both of the Eastern District of California. While Lawrence J. O’Neill was completing his 50th jury […]
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She Lifted Her Voice: Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005) U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and BailAlthough she loved music, she could not sing. She was such a bad singer that, as a little girl growing up in New Haven, she was asked to leave the […]
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Icon of the Bench and Gridiron: Kim Hammond, Judge, Seventh Judicial Court, Florida
Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic FailThe names of courthouses are not something that the average person would notice. They include the directional and mundane and, occasionally, the name of an important person in the eyes […]
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Pioneer Women: Ellen Bree Burns and Joan Glazer Margolis
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsAs an attorney practicing law in, and then a magistrate judge serving on the bench of, the District of Connecticut, I have had the good fortune to learn from many […]
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A Giant Among Men: Sammie Chess, Jr.
by Joe Webster
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightThis tribute is based on Judge Webster’s book, The Making and Measure of a Judge: Biography of the Honorable Sammie Chess, Jr. (Chapel Hill Press, 2017.) All page numbers reference […]