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Civic Illiteracy and the Rule of Law

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Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily Engaged

The past few years have been a wild ride, and I say that as a former rodeo cowboy. America has endured a confluence of overlapping crises: pandemic, recession, impeachment, social […]

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Necessarily Engaged

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Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily Engaged

Read how judges are taking up the call to improve and expand civics education — in schools, in civic organizations, and in courtrooms.

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Wrangling the Beast

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Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL Vortex

With multidistrict litigation cases occupying a full third of the federal docket, would you know how to litigate or adjudicate one? If your answer is a bit timid, it may […]

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Shooting From the Hip: Concealed Cameras in the United States Supreme Court

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Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL Vortex

On March 28, 1996, Justices David Souter and Anthony Kennedy testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee to discuss the Supreme Court’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Souter, appointed by […]

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Why Putting Cameras In the Courtroom Is Not As Crazy As You Think

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

Public interest in the American jury system is at an all-time high. Late last year, NPR’s hit podcast ā€œSerialā€ pulled in over 1 million listeners per week as it recounted […]

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The View From the Bench: What grand challenges do you see in your court?

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

Dean Levi turns to leaders in the judiciary — Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye (Supreme Court of California), Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht (Supreme Court of Texas), and Chief Judge Robert […]

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Grand Challenges, Grand Ideas

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

Ideas for surmounting the biggest challenges facing the judiciary and the legal profession today. In delivering the Lloyd D. George Lecture on the Judicial Process at UNLV William S. Boyd […]

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Searching from Within: The Role of Magistrate Judges in Federal Multi-District Litigation

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

While federal magistrate judges are widely viewed as a highly qualified, experienced, and flexibleĀ corps of judicial officers who assist Article III district judges in docket management within the United States […]

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Predictability in the Law, Prized yet Not Promoted

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

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Once More Unto the Breach? Further Reforms Considered for Rule 23

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

Even Henry V probably could not exhort the rule makers to action,1 but reported needs of the procedural system may do so. Surely the class-action rule is one of the […]

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