The Impact of Trauma in the Judiciary: A Report from the 2023 ABA Annual Meeting
By R. Jonathan Shirts Photo courtesy of Jonathan Shirts. Author’s Note: This article is going to be a little different from the usual ABA Meeting Report you have seen in the past. For a full breakdown of what the ABA…
Read Full ArticleA Gathering Storm: The Partisan Challenge to Judicial Independence and Impartiality
By Donald L. Burnett, Jr. Author's Note: This article updates and expands upon an earlier essay ("Civic Education, the Rule of Law, and the Judiciary: A Republic, If You Can Keep It," 58 The Advocate 26, February 2015. This is…
Read Full ArticleWriter’s Corner – The Basics and Beyond: Verb Tenses, Aspects & Conditionals
By Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff Every semester I cover a very basic concept with my students when we turn to writing statements of facts: readers tend to prefer reading about facts in chronological order. I also cover another very basic concept: legal…
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