Criminal The Case for Due Process in Campus Sexual Assault Cases Justin Dillon and Christopher C. Muha The authors defend the importance of due process in sexual assault cases on college campuses throughout the US.
Women's Rights Title IX, Punishment, and True Justice for All Students Elizabeth Tang Too often, student survivors are ignored or punished by their schools instead of being helped. This article examines the current limits of Title IX, debunks rape myths, and offers solutions that can provide justice for victims, harmers, and all stude
Criminal Collaborative Defense Is Improving Outcomes for Public Defender Clients, But Can It Also Strengthen a Trial Practice? Emily Galvin-Almanza Collaborative defense is on the cutting edge of indigent criminal defense practices. But as holistic practices grow, how can defenders stay sharp in the courtroom?
Criminal An Unprecedented Verdict: Expanding Parental Liability for Children’s Violent Crimes Jolie Bodner Zangari An analysis of the groundbreaking trial of the first parents to be convicted of manslaughter in connection with a school shooting committed by their teenaged son.
Criminal A Book Review of On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake Mara Senn The 2020 book by Sarah Chayes, a well-known anticorruption intellectual, On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake, directly addresses America’s evolution in the context of corruption.
Criminal What a Year It Has Been! Tina Luongo CJS Chair Tina Luongo shares parting thoughts in their last column as CJS Chair and looks ahead to what is in store for the Section in the future.
Criminal Recent Reads Jolie Bodner Zangari Several books, including Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing by Helgi Maki, Marjorie Florestal, Myrna McCallum, and J. Kim Wright and Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista, are reviewed.
Criminal Supreme Court Cases of Interest Joel S. Johnson A summary of the Supreme Court’s recent criminal law opinions and cert grants to date is provided for our readers.
Criminal Ethics Complaint Against Judge Howell Peter A. Joy and Kevin C. McMunigal This column analyzes and evaluates the ethics complaint against Judge Beryl Howell that Elise Stefanik filed with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
Criminal Are Geofence Warrants Headed for Extinction? Donna Lee Elm Geofence, or reverse-location search, warrants identified a place and a time where a crime occurred and sought information. But will these warrants continue to be permitted?
Criminal Forms over Substance? When Criminal Defendants Sign Case-Related Documents Eric Y. Drogin How counsel might consult with a reputable mental health professional on how it is that defendants facing cognitive challenges can—or should—sign documents during a forensic evaluation is discussed.
Criminal Your Face Is Killing Me Jules M. Epstein Facial stereotypes—how people extrapolate character and trustworthiness from different facial expressions or structures—can affect judgments in issues as fraught as whether to return a sentence of death.
Criminal Pending Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence Stephen A. Saltzburg The Federal Rules of Evidence have been revised to eliminate confusion concerning the admissibility and proper use of exhibits admitted as substantive evidence or exhibits used for illustrative, demonstrative, or pedagogical purposes.
Criminal Recent Section Highlights Kyo Suh Updates on recent CJS events, podcasts, publications, and member news are provided for interested readers.
