Court Administration, State Courts
Editor’s note: This article was written by Judge Jon O. Newman during his tenure as the Bolch Judicial Institute’s inaugural Distinguished Judge in Residence. The Institute’s Distinguished Judge in Residence […]
Federal Courts, Constitutional Law
Sergeant Isaac Woodard had just completed a three-year tour in a segregated unit of the United States Army. He boarded a Greyhound bus in Augusta, Ga., that would take him […]
Federal Courts
by Lee Reiners
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?March 2009 marked the bottom of the worst stock market decline the United States has seen since the Great Depression. In the 17 months leading up to that date, the […]
Federal Courts
by Paul Haagen
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?On February 20, 2019, the Duke men’s basketball team met the team from the University of North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The much-hyped game featured […]
Criminal Law
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the supreme court’s decision in Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which fundamentally reshaped how judges evaluate scientific and expert evidence.1 This volume […]
Court Administration, State Courts, Federal Courts
The Courts’ Views on Ghostwriting Ethics Are Wildly Divergent. It’s Time to Find Uniformity and Enhance Access to Justice. Since the mid-1990s, advocates for increased access to justice have touted […]
Technology, State Courts, Federal Courts
by David Yokum, Christopher Robertson and Bernard Chao
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsBy protecting the right to a jury, the state and federal constitutions recognize the fundamental value of having civil and criminal disputes resolved by laypersons. Actual trials, however, are relatively […]
State Courts, Federal Courts
On Dec. 1, 2018, amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Rule of Procedure 23 take effect. The amendments require lawyers to provide additional information up front for the court to […]
Judging
by Charles P. Edwards, Jenny Reichert, Brian H. Bornstein and Monica K. Miller
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsJudges are tasked with administering justice and upholding the rights of everyone in accordance with the Constitution. The challenges associated with having to decide the fate of others, coupled with increases […]
Technology, State Courts, Federal Courts
by George Socha and Saaya Shah
Vol. 102 No. 3 (2018) | Crowdsourcing and Data AnalyticsWe all know the volume of data in litigation — particularly email data — continues to grow rapidly, with no sign of abating. That growth is forcing litigants to come […]
