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By Avalon Zoppo | February 9, 2024
Three federal judges have standing orders that offer additional argument time for younger, women and minority attorneys to encourage greater participation from those groups.
By Avalon Zoppo | January 26, 2024
Attorneys should be required to disclose relationships with judges, draft law review article states.
By Avalon Zoppo | January 12, 2024
"It's election year and that's always tough, but I think the Democrats are committed to filling every possible vacancy," said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 26, 2023
Nicole Berner has been nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 8, 2023
"It was a time when it was still pretty lonely out there for women," recalled Seventh Circuit Judge Diane Wood.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 10, 2023
"Being able to read people should be… in [a lawyer's] wheelhouse already," Judge Marsha Pechman said in questioning the need for jury consultants.
By Avalon Zoppo | October 27, 2023
U.S. Judiciary's rules panel considers amending the ban on airing criminal proceedings for Trump's trials, and Feinstein's successor is seated on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
By Avalon Zoppo | October 13, 2023
Law professors voice concern with ethics panel's investigation of jurist's criticism.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 29, 2023
An arbitrator discusses the feasibility and desirability of artificial intelligence in arbitration, and the Senate Judiciary Committee approves of three judicial nominees.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 15, 2023
Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recalls his clerkship for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and judging is sometimes a family affair.
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