Criminal Prosecutors and Voters Are Becoming Smart on Crime Barbara McQuade and Sally Q. Yates Former U.S. attorneys analyze the recent trend of electing reform-minded local prosecutors.
Courts & Judiciary Sua Sponte, A Judge Comments: Prosecutors and Voters Are Becoming Smart on Crime Hon. Avern Cohn A federal judge looks at the issue on the federal level.
Practice Management There Is No Work-Life Balance Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack and Len Niehoff The metaphor fails--big time--according to the authors.
Prosecution “Justice by Geography”: Unequal Representation and Arbitrariness in Capital Punishment Emily Olson-Gault An examination of the unequal representation and arbitrariness in capital punishment.
Professional Development Associates: Here’s How to Make Me Happy Eliot Turner We are all cogs in a machine; here’s how to keep it running smoothly.
Alternative Dispute Resolution An Unhappy Bargain: The Downsides of Arbitration Katie Burghardt Kramer and Amiad Kushner The benefits of arbitration come at a price that can make it an unhappy bargain.
Media & Communications Taking Liberties: The Challenges for Free Speech Advocates in a Time of Turmoil By Jeff Hermes Lawyers must consider not only the viability of their legal positions but the public’s reaction to their arguments.
Multidisciplinary Practice Going Solo: The Best Decision of My Legal Career Carla Sanderson How and why to start your own practice.
Courts & Judiciary Seeing and Believing—The Superpower of the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program Barbara J. Dawson The goal of JIOP is to offer an experience that will allow students from a broad diversity of backgrounds to “catch up” with those whose backgrounds have already exposed them to lawyers, judges, and professional settings.
Courts & Judiciary We All Have a Role in Protecting Our Justice System: Promoting Procedural Fairness Hon. Steve Leben The justice system we all work in is vulnerable right now—and that there are things we can all do, unrelated to any political viewpoint, to shore it up.
Litigation & Trials Jacob A. Stein Kenneth P. Nolan The noted trial lawyer and longtime member of the Litigation editorial board died in April 2019 at the age of 94.
Litigation & Trials A Once Rogue Punctuation Mark Gains Respectability: What You Can Now Accomplish with an Em Dash George D. Gopen A look at how the em dash has been used, and three useful things we can now do with it.
Litigation & Trials Invasion of Privacy Robert E. Shapiro The governmental authorities we previously feared most from a privacy standpoint are being asked to police invasions of privacy from others around us.
Litigation & Trials John French Sloan and the Word Pictures in Your Case Michael E. Tigar We have a mental image of a scene. We want the deciders to have the same image in mind.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct Dealing with an Ethics Complaint Michael Downey Notify your insurer and prepare for a possible lawsuit.
Trial Practice The Millennial Juror Chip Babcock What should the trial lawyer do in selecting a jury panel when confronted with a prospective millennial juror?
Courts & Judiciary The Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase and the Rise of Judicial Review Richard A. Dean Only one justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has ever been impeached, but he was not convicted by the Senate.
