Briefs
Civil Law, Federal Courts
Pilot Project for Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Diverse Action
by Emery G. Lee III and Jason A. Cantone
Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of JudicatureIn 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 […]
Law & Culture
Judicial Courtesy and Respect for People’s Time
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of JudicatureThe 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 […]
Civil Law, Federal Courts
A Milestone for Diversity in MDL
Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of JudicatureCenter 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 […]
From the Publisher, Judging
The 2022 Bolch Prize: J. Clifford Wallace
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanChief 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. […]
Global
Judicature goes global
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanJudicature 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 […]
Technology
Pandemic Spurs Technology Revolution in State Civil Courts
by Qudsiya Naqui and Erika Rickard
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanWith 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 […]
Law & Culture
As I See It: Summer 2016
Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public LifeYou get the call from the Chief Justice of the United States asking you to serve on the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. You’re honored. Moments after accepting, you ask […]
Law & Culture
The Clerkship Academia Continuum
by Merritt McAlister and Katherine Mims Crocker
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceIn the spring 2021 edition of Judicature (Vol. 105 No. 1), Florida International University Law Professor Howard Wasserman published data analyzing the number of current law professors who have served in clerkships […]
Law & Culture
The NCSC marks 50 years of service to state courts
by Jesse Rutledge and Charles F. Campbell
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceWhen Chief Justice Warren Burger called for the creation of “A National Center for State Courts” at the first National Conference of the Judiciary in 1971, it is safe to assume […]
Judging, Technology
The Troubles of the Social Judge
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public LifeAt the end of 2015, two states became the first jurisdictions to add explicit references to social media to their codes of judicial conduct. In a new code effective Dec. […]