Channels
- Practice Area
- Administrative Law
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Advertising Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- AmLaw 200 Blogs
- Antitrust Law
- Bankruptcy
- Civil Rights & Privacy Law
- Consumer Law
- Corporate & Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Law
- Divorce & Family Law
- Education Law
- Election Law & Political Commentary
- Electronic Discovery
- Employment & Labor Law
- Environmental Law
- General Counsel Blogs
- Immigration Law
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Judiciary Law
- Media, Entertainment & Sports Law
- Law Firm Management & Legal Marketing
- Personal Injury & Medical Law
- Probate & Estate Planning
- Real Estate & Construction Law
- Tax & Financial Law
- Technology
- Whistleblower Law
- Workers' Compensation
- Law School
RSS
courts-judges-juries
Edgarrrrrrr!
I was tickled to see this on a bus this afternoon:
American Exception Series in New York Times
The is running "American Exception," a series by Adam Liptak about "commonplace aspects of the American justice system that are almost unique in the world." Today's piece was about the declining influence of the Supreme Court: the courts of other nations used to look to Supreme Court precedents...
Trailblazing Oregon Judge Fought ‘Shockingly Overt Sexism’--and Won
Former Justice Betty Roberts, the first woman on the Oregon Supreme Court (1982) has written her autobiography, With Grit and Grace. Here's a little piece about it: Trailblazing Oregon Judge Fought ‘Shockingly Overt Sexism’--and Won | ABA Journal - Law News Now, Sept. 15, 2008.(The Library doesn't...
Chicago's DV Court Facility
In the old courthouse, domestic violence complainants rode the same small elevators and hearings were held in small courtrooms -- fertile ground for further intimidation. So Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans proposed a new facility, which has been in operation since 2005. Not only does it...
King County's $70M budget crisis: Cuts in courts, law enforcement warned
Local News | King County's $70M budget crisis: Cuts in courts, law enforcement warned | Seattle Times Newspaper, June 6, 2008:Responding to a nearly $70 million estimated budget shortfall in King County, local criminal-justice leaders said Thursday they plan to move thousands of property-crime,...