Feature

Civil Law, Federal Courts

The New Administrative State?

by Stuart Benjamin, David Doniger, Catherine Eagles and Jennifer Zachary

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

How Recent Supreme Court Decisions May Shape Regulation, Deference, and the Role of the Courts When it comes to administrative agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy. Last term, […]

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Judging, Law & Culture

Alternative Approaches: Beyond Problem-Solving Courts

by Erin R. Collins

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Problem-solving courts were born out of a well-meaning experimentalist spirit, a spirit that is very much in line with the vision of a recent symposium on the multidoor criminal courthouse. […]

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Judging, Law & Culture

Toward Democratic Governance of Problem-Solving Courts

by Carlton W. Reeves  and Con Reynolds

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

For over a century, problem-solving courts have offered up the hope of reform to a justice system desperately in need of it. Unlike traditional courts, problem-solving courts — such as […]

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Judging, Law & Culture

Centering Humanity: Action, Assistance, and Healing in Newark, N.J.

by Madeline Cox Arleo

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Danny’s Pantry opened on July 18, 2024, the day before the anniversary of the death of Daniel Anderl. Daniel was murdered four years earlier in the New Jersey home he […]

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Judging, Law & Culture

Court-Involved Supervised Release: A Call to Action

by Richard M. Berman

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

This article contends, respectfully, that all federal district and magistrate judges should help ensure that criminal defendants reenter the community safely and successfully following incarceration. Judges are well-suited to achieve […]

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Judging, Law & Culture

Empirical Evidence: What Judges Can Learn From Recent Social Science Research

by Isolynn A. Massey, Sarah L. Desmarais, Elan C. Hope and Samantha A. Zottola

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Courts represent a critical moment that can influence a person’s trajectory through the criminal legal system, and judges play a key role in shaping the courthouse environment and practices. Indeed, […]

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Court Administration, Law & Culture

Restorative Justice: A New Conversation for Victims and Offenders

by Mariah Bauguess and Juan G. Villaseñor

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Restorative justice practices have become increasingly common in the United States over the past several decades. In principle, restorative justice “views crime not as a depersonalized breaking of the law […]

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Law & Culture

Co-Creating & Redefining Safety: Philadelphia Advocacy Organization Charts A New Path Forward

by Lauren Fine, Joanna Visser Adjoian and Bianca van Heydoorn

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

When can children be prosecuted in adult court? In Pennsylvania, like many jurisdictions across the United States, the default is prosecution as a “juvenile”: Youth accused of criminal conduct that […]

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Judging, Law & Culture

Trauma-Informed Courts? How Judges May Influence Kids’ Experiences of Court

by Eva McKinsey, Amelia Ashton Thorn, Minjee Kristin Kim and Catherine Gorey

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Research tells us that there are inextricable links between trauma and the juvenile justice system. Not only is trauma prevalent among system-involved youth (up to 90 percent report exposure to […]

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Judging

Problem-Solving Justice: Build a BRIDGE

by Bruce Howe Hendricks and Piper Reiff Byzet

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Drug courts first developed in the state systems and, after more than 25 years of success, the federal system took note. In 2010, the Charleston Division of the United States […]

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