Briefs

Judicial Honors & Briefs

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

On The Hill: Reducing Recidivism and its Costs On Feb. 11, Sen. John Cornyn reintroduced the Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Eliminating Costs for Taxpayers in Our National System Act […]

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Cited

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Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the Bench

Book: Federal Civil Procedure Manual Authors: Lee H. Rosenthal, David F. Levi, John K. Rabiej Publisher: Juris Publishing Publication Date: 11/2014 ISBN: 978-57823-378-6 Buy: http://www.jurispub.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=17102 About the authors: Lee H. Rosenthal is a U.S. District Court Judge […]

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Happy Birthday! Now get out.

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Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing Discovery

Interest in increasing or repealing mandatory judicial retirement ages is growing in the legislatures — but not among voters. Mandatory judicial retirement ages have existed in the states since the […]

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The 2022 Bolch Prize: J. Clifford Wallace

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

Chief Judge Emeritus J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has been selected to receive the 2022 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law. […]

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Judicature goes global

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

Judicature has launched an international edition online for judges around the world. Judicature International, at judicature.duke.edu/intl, will publish commentary, scholarship, empirical research, opinion, and other content exploring issues of common concern to […]

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Pandemic Spurs Technology Revolution in State Civil Courts

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

With courthouses shuttered by COVID-19, civil legal systems in nearly every state moved quickly to adopt new tools to support online operation — a decisive response that enabled millions of […]

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Judicial Selection Methods

Trends in Judicial Selection Methods

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Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of Judicature

Interest in changing or altering the selection of judges in the states has waxed and waned from year to year for decades. What makes the last five years remarkable, however, […]

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Pilot Project for Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Diverse Action

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Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of Judicature

In November 2015, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) reported to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on a pilot project designed to streamline litigation by using pattern discovery […]

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Judicial Courtesy and Respect for People’s Time

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Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of Judicature

The requirement that a judge be “patient, dignified, and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, court staff, court officials, and others” means more than eschewing angry interruptions, sarcasm, or name […]

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A Milestone for Diversity in MDL

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Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of Judicature

Center for Judicial Studies events help pave way for first majority-female steering committee MDLs are where the action is, and the PSC is where the litigation decisions are made for […]

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