Feature
Judging, Technology
#Engage: It’s Time for Judges to Tweet, Like, & Share
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsThe judiciary is, in many respects, the least understood branch of government. The law can be mysterious and a bit frightening to those who do not work in the legal […]
State Courts
Picking Judges: How Judicial-Selection Methods Affect Diversity in State Appellate Courts
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsIn the beginning, judges in the 13 original states either were appointed by the governor or selected by the legislature. Over the next 80 years, however, a majority of states […]
International
IP Law Post-Brexit
by Richard Arnold, Graeme Dinwoodie, Lionel Bently and Estelle Derclaye
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?FOUR EUROPEAN IP EXPERTS ASSESS THE LIKELY IMPACT of BREXIT on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS in the UK AND EU — AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS for the UNITED STATES On […]
Civil Law, Federal Courts
Amended Rule 37(e): What’s New and What’s Next in Spoliation?
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?AMENDED RULE 37(e) OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (“RULE 37(e)”) BECAME EFFECTIVE ON DEC. 1, 2015. It emerged as a pithy and focused restatement of the best thinking […]
Technology
Can Science Save Justice?
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?“Know thyself.” Inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, and echoed down the halls of time by Plato, Pope, Franklin, and Emerson, there may be no more fundamental maxim […]
Court Administration, International, State Courts
Building Administrative Scaffolding in Small Courts: Experiences in the U.S. and Abroad
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchIn 2014, two years after graduating law school, I was appointed to serve as a municipal court judge in Guadalupe, Ariz.1 The town had the highest unemployment rate in Maricopa […]
International, Federal Courts
The Innovation and Limitations of Arbitral Courts
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchIn recent years, governments from the state of Delaware to the Emirate of Dubai have created institutions specially designed to adjudicate transnational commercial disputes. These institutions are hybrids between courts […]
Civil Law, Court Administration, Judging, Technology, Federal Courts
The Zooming of Federal Civil Litigation
by Lee Rosenthal, Scott Dodson and Christopher L. Dodson
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchTwo great forces are upon us. One is COVID-19, a highly infectious disease that has disrupted society around the globe.1 The other is the constant push of technological advancement, which […]
Court Administration, Technology
Contracting the Virus: Not If, But When
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchIn the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Texas judiciary focused on its response to the global pandemic. The Office of Court Administration (OCA), the judicial branch agency tasked […]
Court Administration, Federal Courts
Modernizing Security Measures to Protect Federal Judges and Their Families
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchOn the evening of July 19, 2020, United States District Judge Esther Salas was enjoying a playful moment with her son Daniel, who had just celebrated his 20th birthday. As […]